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Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, romanized: Qädamawi Ḫäylä Śəllase, lit. 'Power of the Trinity'; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia for Empress Zewditu from 1916 until 1930.
Jun 6, 2024 · Haile Selassie I, emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 who sought to modernize his country and who steered it into the mainstream of post-World War II African politics. He brought Ethiopia into the League of Nations and the United Nations and made Addis Ababa the major center for the African Union.
Apr 2, 2014 · Haile Selassie was crowned emperor in 1930 but exiled during World War II after leading the resistance to the Italian invasion. He was reinstated in 1941 and sought to modernize the country...
Jul 25, 2019 · When he was crowned Emperor in 1930, he received another new name, this time a royal one: Haile Selassie, meaning “Power of the Trinity.” His coronation also gave rise to a new spiritual...
Jun 11, 2024 · When Italy entered World War II in June 1940, the United Kingdom recognized Haile Selassie as a full ally, and the emperor was soon in Khartoum, Sudan, to help train a British-led Ethiopian army. This joint force entered Gojam on January 20, 1941, and encountered an enemy quick to surrender.
Haile Selassie , orig. Tafari Makonnen, (born July 23, 1892, near Harer, Eth.—died Aug. 27, 1975, Addis Ababa), Emperor of Ethiopia (1930–74). Tafari was a son of Ras (Prince) Makonnen, a chief adviser to Emperor Menilek II.
Jan 31, 2019 · Haile Selassie was an Ethiopian regent and emperor who faced decades of turmoil as a leader, including exile and imprisonment. Eventually, he became known as a prophet and messiah of the Rastafari religious movement, and today is seen as a divine being by Rastafarians. Fast Facts: Haile Selassie.
Oct 18, 2021 · When Empress Zewditu succumbs to diabetes in 1930, Tafari Makonnen – crowned King two years before – becomes Haile Selassie I, the 225th emperor of Ethiopia. His coronation is a lavish affair, rumoured to have cost more than $3 million.
Haile Selassie is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the major figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica that emerged shortly after he became emperor in the 1930s.
Oct 21, 2009 · Haile Selassie I is regarded by Rastafarians as the God of the Black race. This is supported by the Rastafarian idea that God himself is black, a claim backed by this Biblical...
