In short, the Rastafari movement was born. Did Haile Selassie believe it himself? Well, he certainly didn't try to dispel the belief when he visited Jamaica in 1966. The emperor was greeted by ...

An iconic figure in African history, Haile Selassie is remembered as a powerful and progressive politician who modernized ...

Two blue plaques have been unveiled in Somerset to honour Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's life in Bath and visits to Weston-super-Mare. The emperor lived in Fairfield House in Bath from 1936 to ...

At one time during the 1964 Jamhuri Day celebrations, Mzee Kenyatta invited Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie due to their close friendship. Upon his arrival, Haile Selassie gifted Kenyatta a white ...

First President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was a very good friend of the Emperor ... God,’ a title so often used by Rastafarians – a religion derived from Haile Selassie’s birth names, Ras Tafari ...

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia has placed a large number of native Jews – Falashas – in important administrative posts as part of a large scale program to rebuild the internal ...

a bell stands ready for the launch this month of the first securities market in Ethiopia since the last days of emperor Haile Selassie. “This isn’t just a milestone, it marks a new Ethiopia ...