Wikipedia's article on Barry Chevannes documents his chairing of the National Commission on Ganja, his doctoral research on Rastafari at Columbia University, and his standing as the author of Rastafari: Roots and Ideology, the standard scholarly study of the movement, published in 1994.
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A general reference encyclopedia, tier 3, used here after a real search for a fuller institutional or scholarly account of the commission's report failed: the University of the West Indies' own hosted copy of the report was unreachable, a ResearchGate copy and a SAGE journal article on the commission's legacy both refused access, and a Scribd copy showed only a truncated preview. Used to corroborate chair Barry Chevannes' scholarly standing as the Rastafari movement's leading academic authority, corroborating the Jamaica Information Service's own account above. NotesUsed for Barry Chevannes' scholarly background and his 1994 book Rastafari: Roots and Ideology.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Chevannes
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This source names Rastafari directly: "on Ganja, his doctoral research on Rastafari at Columbia University, and his standing as the author of Rastafari: Roots and Ideology, the standard scholarly study of the movement, published in 1994."
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