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Street-corner justice in the name of Jah: imperatives for peace among Dar es Salaam street youth.

Africa Today,  March, 2005  by Moyer, Eileen

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> Young men throughout the world seem fascinated with Bob Marley. Especially fascinated with him are poor, disenfranchised youths, like those living and working in the streets of Dares Salaam, Tanzania, who are the subjects this article. What is it about Bob Marley and Rastafari-inspired discourses of peace and love that make them so appealing? Why are street youths throughout the world growing dreads and praising Jah? By taking a close look at internal peacekeeping strategies employed on a specific street corner located in the middle of the central business district of Dares Salaam, ...

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