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BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO EMPRESS MENEN ASFAW

April 2, 2021 By Roland Lundberg

Blessed Earth Strong to Empress Menen Asfaw, the Empress Consort of the Ethiopian Empire and wife of Tafari Makonnen, later Emperor Haile Selassie. She was born in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia as the daughter of Asfaw, Jantirar of … [Read more...] about BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO EMPRESS MENEN ASFAW

Filed Under: Africa, Anniversary, Birth Strong, Birthday, Culture, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, History, Rastafari Tagged With: Empress Menen. Haile Selassie, Ethiopia, Happy Earth Strong

01 MARCH 1896: BATTLE OF ADWA

March 1, 2021 By Roland Lundberg

Adwa battle

On the African continent, only two nations, Ethiopia and Liberia, were never colonized by a European power in the 19th-century "Scramble for Africa." Liberia was founded by freed African-American slaves with the help of the the American … [Read more...] about 01 MARCH 1896: BATTLE OF ADWA

Filed Under: Africa, Anniversary, Ethiopia, History, Roots Tagged With: Adwa, Ethiopia, History, Italy, Menelik II

BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO “ALPHA BLONDY”

January 1, 2021 By Roland Lundberg

Seydou Koné was born on 01 Jan 1953 in Dimbokro, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), first son of a family of eight children and grew up part of the Jula tribe in Dimbokro. He spent his youth moving toward what seemed like a promising career in … [Read more...] about BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO “ALPHA BLONDY”

Filed Under: Africa, Artist, Birth Strong, Birthday, Reggae Tagged With: Alpha Blondy, Blessed Earth Strong, Reggae In Seattle

BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO STEVE BIKO

December 18, 2020 By Roland Lundberg

Bantu Stephen Biko was born on 18 December 1946 in Ginsberg township, Eastern Cape South Africa in a poor Xhosa family. In 1966, he began studying medicine at the University of Natal, where he joined the National Union of South African … [Read more...] about BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO STEVE BIKO

Filed Under: Africa, Anniversary, Birth Strong, Birthday, History Tagged With: Blessed Earth Strong, Reggae In Seattle, Steve Biko

02 NOV 1930 CORONATION DAY

November 2, 2020 By Roland Lundberg

Haile Selassie I was known as a child as Lij Tafari Makonnen. Lij translates to ‘child’, and serves to indicate that a youth is of noble blood. His given name, Tafari, means ‘one who is respected or feared’. Like most Ethiopians, his … [Read more...] about 02 NOV 1930 CORONATION DAY

Filed Under: Africa, Anniversary, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, Rastafari

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