Haile Selassi may have been a Christian, but the issue at hand is the religion espoused by Bob Marley, which is not Christian and has nothing to do with Christianity. Rastafarians believe that Selassie was a god, and they put him in a trinity that doesn’t include the biblical Christ. Here’s another crowded trinity. The religion is organized into 12 tribes— ever hear of that?
If you mean that Judaism inspired Christianity and all its bizarre offshoots, well, I guess you got me there!
“...but the issue at hand is the religion espoused by Bob Marley,”
The issue is not the religion espoused by Marley. The issue is the descent of colonial countries into chaos and anarchy.
Rastafarianism is a symptom of the revolt of Marley and the poor Jamaicans against the historical colonial chains of Protestant Britain.
The drug trade in Jamaica makes Mexico look tame.