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Haile Selassie

LEONARD HOWELL: THE FIRST RASTA

June 16, 2022 By Roland Lundberg

LEONARD PERCIVAL HOWELL (June 16, 1898 – February 25, 1981), also known as The Gong or G.G. Maragh (for Gong Guru). He was the first Rasta preacher alongside Joseph Hibbert, Archibald Dunkley and Robert Hinds and is known by many as The … [Read more...] about LEONARD HOWELL: THE FIRST RASTA

Filed Under: Anniversary, Culture, Haile Selassie, History, Jamaica, Rastafari, Roots

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

HAILE SELASSIE SPEECH – FOUNDATION FOR BOB MARLEY’S “WAR”

October 4, 2021 By Roland Lundberg

  The speech that laid the foundation for Bob Marley's song "War" of the 1976 album "Rastaman Vibration" was spoken by Emperor Haile Selassie-I before the United Nations General Assembly on 4 October 1963: “Until the philosophy … [Read more...] about HAILE SELASSIE SPEECH – FOUNDATION FOR BOB MARLEY’S “WAR”

Filed Under: Africa, Album, Anniversary, Artist, Bob Marley, Culture, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, History, Rastafari, Reggae Tagged With: Bob Marley, Haile Selassie, Rastaman Vibration, War

05 MAY 1941 HAILE SELASSIE RETURNS TO ETHIOPIA

May 5, 2021 By Roland Lundberg

On May 05, 1941 Emperor Haile Selassie returns triumphantly to Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, five years to the day of when it was occupied by Italy. Fascist leader Benito Mussolini had been wanting to add Ethiopia to Italian Somaliland … [Read more...] about 05 MAY 1941 HAILE SELASSIE RETURNS TO ETHIOPIA

Filed Under: Africa, Anniversary, Culture, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, History, Rastafari, Roots Tagged With: Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, Italy, Ras Tafari, WWII

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