Thus last week did Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, Lion of Judah, King of Kings and Elect of God, begin a week’s visit to the three tiny Negro countries of Trinidad-Tobago, Jamaica and Haiti.

How did the Ethiopian King, Haile Selassie - who lived a life of luxury whilst his country suffered a deep famine - become the god for the Rastafari community? To millions he was a leader, to many ...

Emperor Haile Selassie was the last in the line of Ethiopia’s ancient monarchy. During his long rule he was revered as an international statesman and reformer, demonised as a dictator, and even ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding visited Haile Selassie High on Tuesday to offer his support to the school community following last week’s murder of 14-year-old Price ...

Emperor Haile Selassie emerged in 1935 not only as Man of the Year but as the world’s own inimitable “Little Charlie” for as many years to come as health sustains him.

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Lucy’s discovery marked a critical moment in our understanding of the origins of humanity – and of Ethiopia’s place at the heart of this story. Many other important fossils have since been discovered ...

Today, Haile Selassie is worshipped as God incarnate among some followers of the Rastafari movement (taken from Haile Selassie's pre-imperial name Ras—meaning Head, a title looking equivalent to ...

Yet Selassie is a monarch in a democratizing age who traces his royal line further than any other ruler—3,000 years, through 224 other emperors, to the union of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.