Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Labadaba safarada ka dhaxeeya jasiiradaha, iyo caan ka ahaanshaha reggae, Rastafari wuxuu ku faafay bariga Caribbean intii lagu jiray 1970meeyadii. Halkaan, fikradaheeda waxay dhammaystireen aragtida ka soo horjeedda gumeysiga iyo aragtida Afrocentric ee ka jirta dalalka sida Trinidad, Grenada, Dominica, iyo St Vincent. Wadamadan, Rastafariyiintii hore waxay inta badan ku lug lahaayeen dhaqdhaqaaqyada dhaqanka iyo siyaasada si ka ballaaran intii ay lahaayeen dhigooda Jamaica. Rastas kala duwan ayaa ku lug lahaa dhaqdhaqaaqa 'New Jewel Movement' ee 1979 ee Grenada waxaana la siiyay jagooyin ka tirsan dowladda Grenadine illaa laga tuuray oo la beddelay ka dib
Dagaalkii Maraykanka ee 1983. Inkastoo Fidel Castro xukuumadiisa Marxist-Leninist ay guud ahaan ka niyad jabisay saameynta shisheeye, Rastafari waxaa lagu soo bandhigay Cuba oo ay weheliyaan reggae 1970-yadii. Rastas ajnabi ah oo wax ku bartay Cuba intii lagu jiray 1990-meeyadii waxay ku xirnaayeen muuqaalkeeda reggae waxayna gacan ka geysteen sidii loo sii xoojin lahaa aaminsanaanta Rasta. Kuubada, Rasta badankoodu waxay ahaayeen rag waxayna ka yimaadeen dadka Afro-Cuban.