July 23 marks the 131 st anniversary of the birth of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, whom the Rasta faith considers the incarnation of God. Celebrations of Selassie’s birthday differ from one ...

When Haile Selassie was enthroned in 1930, he became not only emperor of Ethiopia, but also god to the fledgling Rastafarian movement in Jamaica. While most Rastafarians have condemned the funeral, a ...

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia was born Tafari Makonnen and ruled from 1930 until his death in 1974. He was so entrenched in his Christian beliefs as a young boy that he ...

Haile Selassie, the emperor of Ethiopia between 1930 and 1974. He is of central importance to Rastas, many of whom regard him as the Second Coming of Jesus and, thus, God incarnate in human form.

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 ...

What happens if God dies? The Rastafari responded to the announcement in several ways. Some denied Emperor Selassie was dead, insisting that God cannot die, and no body was found to confirm the death.

Not satisfied with their response, he switches to Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia, the land of Emperor Haile Selassie--the man revered by Allen and his fellow Rastafarians as the ...

Today, Haile Selassie's bones, unearthed after the downfall of Mengistu in 1991, are the object of a political contest over the place that the emperor should be given in modern Ethiopia.

Selassie, who is considered God by followers of the Rastafarian religion, died in 1975 at the age of 83, ... Emperor Haile Selassie I. There is no end of his reign," she told Reuters.

That night little Emperor Haile Selassie talked long with his white advisers, prayed longer to his dusky Coptic God. At dawn the lean Semitic Negroes began moving down out of the eucalyptus ...

The short-statured Selassie, whose titles include “Emperor of Ethiopia,” “Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah,” and “Elect of God,” will be the ranking statesman among participants ...