I-an-I

From Seminar 2: The Peopling of New York City

I-an-I

I-an-I - a Rastafarian Expression that usually replaces the first-person singular and plural in speech. it symbolizes consciousness of a Rasta person of his inner divinity harmony that exists between inner and outer person.

Work Cited

Murrel, Nathaniel, William Spencer, and Adrian McFarlane. Chanting Down Babylon. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1998.