Theoretical essay reveals the transformative capacity of vocalizing written text through Rastafari philosophy, highlighting reading aloud as an embodied, world-making practice.
This essay positions reading one's writing aloud as embodied praxis and examines it alongside “word, sound and power,” a Rastafari philosophy which asserts that spoken words can alter reality. The essay offers reading aloud as a crucial world‐making act that cultivates relationalities with our voices, our interlocutors, and their stories.
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