Bald Head
A Rastafarian slang term used to refer to anyone who doesn’t wear dreadlocks.
Patois: Dem a ball head, Dem a nuh rasta
English: They have bald heads; they’re not Rastafarians.
Babylon , Blessed , Bobo dread , Dread ,
The Rastafarian language is actually much easier to learn than Jamaican Patois because it’s mostly a play on English words (e.g. “overstand” for “understand”,“downpress” for “oppress”,“ I-ditate” for “meditate” etc…) rather than being an entirely separate dialect as with Jamaican Patois.
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