Although jailed, ridiculed, and treated as insane, Howell, also known as the Gong, established a Rasta community of 4,500 members, the first agro-industrial enterprise devoted to producing marijuana. In the late 1950s the community was dispersed, disseminating Rasta teachings throughout the ghettos of the island. A young singer named Bob Marley adopted Howell's message, and through Marley's visions, reggae made its explosion in the music world.
Leonard Howell 1st Rasta
A great deal has been written about the Rastafarian movement, and about Bob Marley in particular. This book, by Helene Lee, goes back about as far as is possible into the founding of the Rastifarian movement. She treats her subject with sympathy and humor.
Jamaica is much more than the tourist spots of Montego Bay etc. It is an island with a great history. The political and religious obstacles with which Leonard Howell struggled are still to be found in modern-day Jamaica. There is a direct line from Leonard Howell to Bob Marley and Ms. Lee traces that lineage.
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