Dread, Rastafari and Ethiopia - The definitive historical report of the beginning and the rise of the Rastafari movement in the Commonwealth of Dominica, documents the development of the Rastafari movement in Dominica from its dramatic inception in the 1970s to 2010. As a child, its author, poet, and author was swept up in the waves of Black Power sentiments and inward introspection of the times that would prepare the backdrop to the formation of the Rastafari Movement in Dominica today.