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Haile Selassie

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

SEPTEMBER 12TH 1974: HAILE SELASSIE DEPOSED

September 12, 2019 By Roland Lundberg

On this day, 12 September in 1974, the Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, was deposed from power after a forty-four year reign. Born as Lij Tafari Makonnen in Ejersa Gora in 1892, his family boasted a lineage going back to King Solomon … [Read more...] about SEPTEMBER 12TH 1974: HAILE SELASSIE DEPOSED

Filed Under: Africa, Anniversary, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, History, Rastafari Tagged With: deposed, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, Rastafari

THIS WEEK IN REGGAE 07/27/19

July 27, 2019 By Roland Lundberg

This Week in Reggae 7-27-19

- Blessed Love, One and All - THIS WEEK IN REGGAE:  July 23, Rastafarians around the world rejoice in Ethiopia’s EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I's birthday celebrations. VYBZ KARTEL reportedly rushed to the hospital yet again. Blessed Earth … [Read more...] about THIS WEEK IN REGGAE 07/27/19

Filed Under: Album, Artist, Billboard, Birth Strong, Bob Marley, Culture, Dancehall, Death, Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, History, Jamaica, Labrish, Rastafari, Reggae, Rocksteady, This Week In Reggae Tagged With: Billboards, Bob Marley, Dancehall, Haile Selassie, Kingston, Mama B, Ras Naldo, Reggae, Shenseea, Vybz Kartel

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