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EABIC

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Lords and Empresses in and out of Babylon: The

EABIC community and the dialectic of female

subordination.

Nathalie Montlouis

Thesis submitted for the degree of PhD in African Languages and

Cultures.

2013
Department of the Languages and Cultures of Africa

School of Oriental and African Studies

University of London

Declaration for PhD thesis

I have read and understood regulation 17.9 of the Regulations for students of the School of Oriental and African Studies concerning plagiarism. I undertake that all the material presented for examination is my own work and has not been written for me, in whole or in part, by any other person. I also undertake that any quotation or paraphrase from the published or unpublished work of another person has been duly acknowledged in the work, which I present for examination.

Signed: ____

_________________ Date: _25/09/2013________________ 3

Acknowledgements.

This thesis is not merely the fruit of my personal efforts. I come from a solid and proud family and community unit that fulfilled my spiritual, emotional, intellectual and financial needs throughout this process. I am indeed grateful for the divine protection of my Creator and the support and love of my entire family. They never ceased to encourage and inspire me, giving me the strength to carry on. A special mention to my fiancé, who bore the whole reading/questioning/writing process without a flinch! You have certainly silenced all the negative stereotypes attached to black men. One Love to the EABIC members in Jamaica, France, Trinidad and London, which allowed me in their midst. I give thanks for your support and guidance. Special thanks to the lionesses Mama Julie, Empress Esther and Mama Rachel for their invaluable contribution to this work. I also would like to thank my tutor, professors and mentors from both official and e and assistance. My best regards to Dr Akin Oyetade and Dr. Lez for the intellectual stimulation and the major lessons in critical thinking.

Irie, Hotep, Pa Plis Ki Sa, Thank You.

Abstract

In this thesis, I have questioned the influence of whiteness in the assessment of female subordination in an increasingly neoliberal Caribbean setting. Indeed, due the rigidity of the gendered role attribution on their commune, Bobo Shanti Rastafarians have universally been accused of institutionalising female subordination by most scholars of Rastafari. In Jamaica, where women have traditionally been key agents of their communities, a passive acceptance of a subordinated status can be puzzling. Is androgyny the only means to gender equality? With the caution of strategic gender universalism against cultural relativism, I have endeavoured to analyse gender construction through the standards of this atypical community. It was therefore possible to analyse the EABIC livity from a female perspective, a point lacking in most academic publications about Rastafari, the EABIC and gender equality. From this qualitative study, I have suggested that the EABIC can be regarded as a radical social movement where the potential of its members needs to be federated towards the fulfilment of its objectives; creating a system where equal value is placed on defined gendered roles. I have explored three main areas: the EABIC epistemology; the public; then the private spheres of the commune. I have found that nothing in EABIC theology, the subordination. Men and women are considered to be divine. The Universal supports

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