Description: (One of the first preachers of the Rastafari movement)
Leonard Percival Howell, also known as The Gong or G. G. Maragh, was a prominent Jamaican religious figure who played a key role in the early days of the Rastafari movement. He fervently preached about the coronation of Haile Selassie I as Emperor of Ethiopia, portraying him as the Messiah. Despite facing persecution, arrest, and imprisonment for spreading his beliefs, Howell's movement gained traction and expanded, advocating for black liberation and Pan-Africanism. His legacy as an anti-colonial leader has received global recognition.