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Voltron: My Robot Rasta Icon of the 1980s

Voltron: My Robot Rasta Icon of the 1980s

In the early 1980s Japanese anime affirmed some of the Rastafarian values of my youth. This article explores some of the Coptic symbolism and Garveyist themes underyling the Voltron mythos

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Adika Butler
Jan 22, 2024
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As a six-year-old child I wanted a Voltron toy as much as I wanted anything up until that point.

I remember my dad and I were in a Korean gift shop on Flatbush in Brooklyn when I had my best opportunity to secure one. This was in 1986.

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