Definition of "Rasta"

Yet in adopting this oppositional belief system and alternative lifestyle, the Rastas faced severe social ostracism.

2000, Norman C. Stolzoff, Wake the Town and Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica, Durham, N.C., London: Duke University Press, published 2002, page 79

Second, the perceived lack of militancy on the part of Rastas may also indicate the extent to which Rastafari has become a familiar presence on Jamaica’s social scene.

2003, Ennis Barrington Edmonds, Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers, Oxford University Press, page 124

Nadine Sutherland, a former Bob Marley protégé, a culture studies scholar and the daughter of a longtime Rasta, reflects on the global impact of Lauryn [Hill]’s image, particularly as it pertained to black women’s expressions of their sexuality: […]

2018, Joan Morgan, She Begat This: Twenty Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Atria Paperback, page 40