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30 JUNE 1936: HAILE SELASSIE-I ADDRESSES LEAGUE OF NATIONS

June 30, 2022 By Roland Lundberg

On June 30th, 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie I made an impassioned appeal before the League of Nations to demand Justice for Ethiopia who was under attack by the Fascist army of Benito Mussolini. "I, Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, … [Read more...] about 30 JUNE 1936: HAILE SELASSIE-I ADDRESSES LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Filed Under: Africa, Anniversary, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, History, Rastafari Tagged With: Ethiopia, Haile Sealssie, League of Nations, Ras Tafari

APRIL 21 – GROUNATION DAY

April 20, 2022 By Roland Lundberg

21 April, 1966: thousands of Rastafarians descended on Kingston’s Palisadoes Airport (now Norman Manley International Airport) awaiting the arrival of HIM Haile Selassie. They waited patiently at the airport, playing drums and smoking … [Read more...] about APRIL 21 – GROUNATION DAY

Filed Under: Anniversary, Culture, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, History, Jamaica, Rastafari Tagged With: Grounation, Haile Sealssie, Jamaica, Ras Tafari

BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO EMPRESS MENEN ASFAW

April 3, 2022 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, 2022 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

02 NOV 1930 CORONATION DAY

November 2, 2021 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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