TELL OUT KING RASTA DOCTRINE AROUND THE WHOLE WORLD

I was blessed to have been in the presence of Brother Kumi. I give thanks.
Today September 6th is Brother Kumi's Earthday. Rasta never die.

“We are volunteer Ethiopians

Agitating for our Rights

And We’ll never stop fight

Until we brake down Babylon Wall.” Planno 1996

 

 

 

 

In the words of a witness, Bro. Dyer, an elder who Planno inspired into the faith of Rastafari and who later walked to Ethiopia from Spain – “Planno open his mouth and began to teach them about their history”. Planno recalls starting with the Psalm that was unfolding before him and he spoke thus: Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together, against the lord, and against his anointed, saying, let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh… (Psalm 2:1-4)

He earned the title of “Prime Minister for the day”

in the local newspaper. The arrival of the Emperor had been dreamt of and desired ever since the doctrine emerged in the 1930s. For those three days Jamaica had become Ethiopia according to Planno’s analysis.

 

“[A]s we get the opportunity we use it, use it fi carry one foot forward. Every time an opportunity open the door we go through that door and call down Africa pon dem. Marcus Garvey learn from Mohammed Ali that the people of the Caribbean want to learn more about Africa. And him Marcus

Garvey did not have the language to tell it to the people. Him didn’t really have that approach. The Rastaman for instance have a better approach than him in telling the people about back-to-Africa…to explain to you who can’t read – what British write – how “you going to suffer through your own desire”. Planno 1998

 

“Ethiopia the Aincient Kingdom of Africa has made an unnoticed expansion of the Ethiopian Kingdom. From one end of the Earth to the other. Africa being inhabited by invading

European Nations Has lost most of her written history to the invaders, who in turn copy and then destroy the original…” Planno 1996

 

 

I AM BLESSED

I was blessed to have in my life Brother Mortimo 'Kumi' Planno. I took the only known photograph of him and Bob Marley together discussing the newspaper 'Survival'. I was to be the photographer for the newspaper. Only 3 issues were ever published.

Photograph's of Mortimo Planno are rare. He asked me to take this portrait in 1979.

I don't think we will have another Marley. Bob can't be dead. The message is in the music. The Rastafari teaching is still happening, but more in the country. In those days, we were more in the city, Trench Town. Now it's spread out all around. The elders are responsible for teaching the younger ones. The message goes around in the music. If you take mu out of music, that leaves sic. We take the mu out of the music, leave them sick, you see? The message continues in the music today. The music of today is a hotter fire. It will get more hot, hot, hot. Mortimo Planno

SELASSIE IS THE CHAPEL

Planno gave Marley his coming-out song as a Rastafarian, 'Selassie Is The Chapel'. Over the slow Nyabinghi drum track, Marley chanted, "Haile Selassie is the Chapel, Power of the Trinity, Conquering Lion of Judah, he's the King of Kings." Only 26 copies of the recording were pressed.

BROTHER KUMI'S MUSE...CAROLE YAWNEY

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/whatsnew.htm

MR. ROBERT NESTA MARLEY'S GURU

The most revered Rastafarian in Jamaica and Mr. Robert Nesta Marley's guru. I forgot I took this portrait in 1979.

BROTHER KUMI & THE LEGEND DISCUSS SURVIVAL

I was to take this photograph in 1980 whilst working on probably the only Rastafarian newspaper ever published. Survival. In the frame are Mr. Robert Nesta Marley, left, the publisher, and second right, Mr. Mortimo Planno, the editor. Mr Planno, or 'Brother Kummi', was the gentleman who taught Mr. Marley the principles of Rastafari and other things. It has recently come to ones attention that this is a rare image capturing both together. This photograph will adorn the book, PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND AND OTHER FOLKS, due to be published in August, 2012.