ENTITY · PERSON
Leonard Howell
Well supported
Leonard Percival Howell, an early preacher of Rastafari in 1930s Jamaica and founder of the Pinnacle commune near Sligoville, whose repeated arrests and the community's suppression shaped the colonial-era hostility that later fell on Rasta music and imagery.
At a glance
- Type
- person
- Confidence
- Well supported
- Era
- Open era →
Connections
Debate & reception
How people argued about the music — praise, criticism and public debate. See all debate & reception →
commentary
Remembering Coral Gardens: reconciliation or unfinished reckoning?
A documented debate over how Jamaica should remember the 1963 Coral Gardens incident and its place in Rastafari history: some emphasise reconciliation and the closure offered by the 2017 official apology, others argue the reckoning remains unfinished. Stated as a matter of public memory, with documented facts only and no allegation against named individuals. Sources: Bad Friday: Rastafari After Coral Gardens (2011); Jamaica Gleaner archive.
Stance: reconciliation and closure vs an unfinished historical reckoning