Kupfurikidza nokufamba pakati pezvitsuwa, uye kupfurikidza nokurumbira kwereggae, Rastafari yakapararira mhiri kweCaribbean yokumabvazuva mukati mama1970. Pano, pfungwa dzayo dzakapedza mirangariro inorwisana nekoloni uye yeAfrica yakapararira munyika dzakaita seTrinidad, Grenada, Dominica, uye St. Vincent. Munyika idzi, vaRasta vokutanga vaiwanzobatanidzwa mumasangano etsika nezvematongerwe enyika kusvika pamwero mukuru zvikuru kupfuura zvakanga zvakaita vavakidzani vavo vokuJamaica. VaRasta vakasiyana-siyana vakabatanidzwa muGrenada's 1979 New Jewel Movement uye vakapiwa nzvimbo muhurumende yeGrenadine kusvikira yakundwa uye yakatsiviwa zvichitevera kupinda kweUnited States muna 1983
. Kunyange zvazvo hurumende yaFidel Castro yaMarxist-Leninist kazhinji yaidzivisa pesvedzero dzokunze, Rastafari yakaunzwa muCuba pamwe chete nereggae muma1970. VaRasta vokune dzimwe nyika vakanga vachidzidza muCuba muma1990 vakasangana nechiitiko chayo choreggae uye vakabetsera kuchisimbisa zvikuru mukutenda kwavaRasta. MuCuba, vaRasta vakawanda vave vari varume uye vanobva munzanga yeAfro-Cuban.