Haile Selassie I
Harar, Ethiopia
Born: 1892-07-22Died: 1975-08-26
Ras Tafari Makonnen
His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Tafari Makonnen
Emperor Haile Selassie
Biography:
Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. He is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the key figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica that emerged shortly after he became emperor in the 1930s. He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty, which claims to trace lineage to Emperor Menelik I, believed to be the son of King Solomon and Makeda the Queen of Sheba.
Credits
| Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder | Self (archive footage) | 1979-01-01 |
| The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry | Self | 2008-03-01 |
| To Arms, We Are Fascists! | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1962-04-25 |
| The March on Rome | Self (archive footage) | 2022-10-20 |
| United We Stand | Self (archive footage) | 1942-07-10 |
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