In the past a number of native socio-religious movements emerged in New Zealand in
direct response to the presence of Europeans, movements which share a host of features in
common with the Rastafari. For example, the Hau-Hau, a group which arose among the Maori
in the early part of the nineteenth century, called for the expulsion of all whites from the island
and the restoration of ancestral beliefs and practices. Like Rastafarians, the Hau-Hau spoke of
the imminent destruction of the world followed by a Golden Age free from European domination
and exhibited a strong affinity for the Old Testament and ancient Jewish history and
culture, believing themselves to be descendants of the tribe of Judah and as such God's Chosen
People (Lanternari 1963:248-55)
(N. Savishinsky. Transnational popular culture and the global spread of the Jamaican Rastafarian movement. New West Indian Guide/ Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 68 (1994), no: 3/4, Leiden, 259-281)
This sparks my interest....
I would like to know more about Indigenous post-colonial spiritual resistance movements like Rastafari, like the Hau Hau
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