Jahlani A.H. Niaah is Lecturer in Cultural and Rastafari Studies, Institute for Caribbean Studies, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, where he also coordinates the Rastafari Studies Unit.
Erin C. MacLeod teaches at Vanier College in Montreal, Canada, and has also served as a Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. Her books include Visions of Zion: Ethiopians and Rastafari in the Search for the Promised Land (NYU Press) and Let Us Start With Africa: Foundations of Rastafari Scholarship (UWI Press) with co-editor Jahlani Niaah.