Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Herodotus is telling “history,” and it appears as though he at least attempts to be impartial with how he presents the information. In this section of reading, Herodotus’ moral seems to sandwich all of the anecdotes, starting with Proteus. Herodotus introduces Proteus as a reasonably fair king, writing that when Proteus found out that Paris had seduced Helen and then ran off with her and some of Menelaus’ valuables, he sent for Paris to be arrested and took possession of Helen and the other…

essentially equal. Before being coroneted under the name “Haile Selassie I” which means “The Power of the Trinity, Lord of Lords, King of Kings,” Haile Selassi I went by Ras Tafari Makonnen (Ras meaning “Head” and Tafari being a family name) (Bernard, 2007). Hence, this is where Rastafari get their name (Lewis, 1994). Three men, Leon Howell, Archibald Dunkley and Joseph Hibbert, pushed forward the Rastafarian movement by preaching Haile Selassi I was the Black Messiah, as prophesized a decade…

Haile Selassie, a Solomonic and African ruler, reined as emperor of the Ethiopian Empire from 1930-1974. Haile Selassie’s role as the only African king and his claim to be a descendant of king David through King David’s Son Solomon and the African Queen Sheba (1 Kings 10) made him the perfect candidate for idolization in a post- Marcus Garvey Jamaica. Garvey’s ideas on Back to Africa and Black Pride influenced Jamaica as a whole, but especially the Rastafarian movement (Manuel 2006: 194). Bob…

Makonnen became the Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie upon his coronation in 1930, and was lauded the title ‘king of kings’ (Religion Facts, 2015). After given this title, there was a shock wave that was sent through the whole Afro Caribbean culture. People began declaring Selassie as the long awaited Messiah, and most importantly the second coming of Christ (McAlister, 2015). This is how Rastafarianism was created, as the African culture looked to Selassie as the living God and black messiah…

On June 30th 1936 Haile Selassie stood facing the league of nation strongly urging them to take action against Italy and its violent attempts to colonized Ethiopia. “It’s us today, and you tomorrow” he stated. And despite his strong efforts the League of Nations took no part in stopping Italy at the time but the speech he had given had changed the worlds view on him forever. No longer was he some Exiled prince from an east African country, he was Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. Originally…

vegetation; gold is for the wealth of Ethiopia, and black represents the color of the African skin. There is a lion that is present on the flag which represents the Lion of Judah; the messiah Haile Selassie is often referred to as the “Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah” (Issitt and Main). The crowing of Ras Tafari Makonnen, is celebrated by many Rastafarians has it marks the crowning of their Messiah. Before he was crown Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I was known as Ras Tafari Makonnen.…

slavery began to grow within the black communities of Jamaica, which eventually led to organized revolutions and free black communities on the island. Even though the origins of Rastafarianism are dated to be in the 1930’s (when Haile Selassie I was coronated the king of Ethiopia), its roots go all the way back to when the mass exodus of Africans was taking place by the hands of the European Nations, and to when the Maroon wars were taking place on the island of…

feared another disastrous war like World War 1. However, I believe that the most effective way to have stopped the leaders would have been collective security. If the French, British, and others had chosen collective security the situation would have come out differently. As I previously mentioned, the leaders wanted more power. In the excerpt from…

anything and there was nothing that he couldn't answer. My grandfather never turned sad, but instead optimistic on how things might turn out to be in the end. It was around on October 3, 1935 that his world would change forever as his own country Ethiopia, would be invaded by a foreign and familiar enemy: The Italians. He acknowledged that he would have to fight in order to save his beloved country from a fascist country. In the 1930s, Italy wanted to expand to territories it considered Italian.…

In 1927 a man by the name of Marcus Garvey created the People’s Political Party, the first political party on the island of Jamaica (Hill, p.23). Garvey was running for an seat with the assembly but due to his explicit racial based platform, Garvey failed to win a seat. During the 1920-1930s, many unions cam about to represent the black middle class. The most significant was the Jamaican Workers and Tradesmen Union, upon which Alexander Bustamante rose to fame. The purpose of these organizations…