The House of Nyabinghi is the oldest of the three mansions and represents the earliest form of Rastafarian religion. There are three principal mansions that makeup Rastafarianism and these are the Bobo Shanti, the Twelve Tribes of Israel, and the House of Nyabinghi. This term is used about a passage in the Bible where Jesus of Nazareth stated that heaven has “many mansions.” These mansions defer in doctrine and beliefs. In the Rastafarian religion, the different denominations in which the religion exists are known as mansions. The media attention the religion received through music was also suppressed by the emergence of new genres such as dancehall.
However, the popularity and following of Rastafarianism tumbled in the 1980s after the deaths of Emperor Haile Selassie and Bob Marley. Rastafarianism gained global popularity in the 1970s after global reggae superstars such as Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, who were devout Rastas, became the religion’s global ambassadors. The reverence of Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie started soon after his coronation in 1930 after influential clergymen stated that the Emperor’s crowning fulfilled a prophecy in the Bible. The religion grew from the impoverished black community in Jamaica who were inspired by earlier ideologies and movements such as Ethiopianism. The origin of the Rastafarian religion can be traced back to the early 20th century in Jamaica, which was then a British colony. There are an estimated 1 million followers of the religion around the world, and majority resides in the western hemisphere. The Reggae genre of music is inspired by Rastafarianism and was instrumental in the global popularity of the religion.
Members of the Rastafarian religion are known as Rastas while the beliefs that they prescribe to is called Rastalogy. The religion places Emperor Haile Selassie at the center of the religion, and is considered by some followers as Christ-reincarnate while others see the Emperor as a prophet sent by God (who is referred to as “Jah”). Rastafarianism is one of the Abrahamic religions practiced around the world.
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