In The Beginning Was Rastafarianism, is a short and detailed book of the religion, spirituality and way of life of the rastafarian people also known as "rastas". The classic work on the history and beliefs of the Rastafarians, whose roots of protest return to the seventeenth-century maroon societies of escaped slaves in Jamaica supported an extensive study of the Rastafarians, their history, their ideology, and their influence in Jamaica.

The Rastafarians is a crucial contribution to the sociology of religion and to our knowledge of the variety of religious expressions that have grown up during the West African Diaspora in the Western Hemisphere. Learn the ways of the Rastafarians, the way to pray and meditate sort of a Rasta, know the meaning of life consistent with Rastafari and discover what deep Rasta men are not allowed to do.