In visions of zion erin c macleod offers the first in depth investigation into how ethiopians perceive rastafari and rastafarians within ethiopia and the role this unique immigrant community plays within ethiopian society rastafari are unusual among migrants basing their movements on spiritual rather than economic choices. Erin macleods visions of zion is one of those dissertations that eventually metamorphosed into a monograph for a wider academic readership what distinguishes macleods work from other studies is its focus on the host society ethiopian perceptions of the mostly caribbean born religious immigrants. Invisions of zion erin c macleod offers the first in depth investigation into how ethiopians perceive rastafari and rastafarians within ethiopia and the role this unique immigrant community plays within ethiopian societyrastafari are unusual among migrants basing their movements on spiritual rather than economic choices this volume offers those who study the movement a broader . In visions of zion erin c macleod offers the first in depth investigation into how ethiopians perceive rastafari and rastafarians within ethiopia and the role this unique immigrant community plays within ethiopian society rastafari are unusual among migrants basing their movements on spiritual rather than economic choices. The rastafari have been travelling to ethiopia since the movement originated in jamaica in the 1930s they consider it the promised land and repatriation is a cornerstone of their faith though ethiopians see rastafari as immigrants the rastafari see themselves as returning members of the ethiopian diaspora