#ንጉሠ ነገሥት

[gregor-samsung]

[Oriana Fallaci:] Maestà, lei è il monarca che ha regnato più a lungo tra quelli che oggi sono rimasti sul trono. E, in un’epoca che ha visto la caduta rovinosa di tanti re, lei è l’unico monarca assoluto. Le capita mai di sentirsi solo in un mondo così diverso dal mondo in cui crebbe? [Hailé Selassié:] Noi riteniamo che il mondo non sia affatto cambiato. Noi riteniamo che questi cambiamenti non abbiano cambiato nulla. Non vediamo nemmeno differenze tra repubblica e monarchia: a Noi sembrano due modi sostanzialmente uguali di governare un popolo. Avanti, Ci dica: qual è la differenza tra repubblica e monarchia? [D] Veramente, Maestà… Ecco, a Noi… voglio dire… a me sembra d’aver capito che nelle repubbliche dove esiste la democrazia il capo viene eletto. Nelle monarchie invece no. [R] Non vediamo la differenza. [D] Non importa, Maestà. Cosa pensa della democrazia? [R] Democrazia, repubblica: cosa vogliono dire queste parole? Cos’hanno cambiato nel mondo? Gli uomini sono forse diventati più bravi, più leali, più buoni? Il popolo è forse più felice? Tutto continua come prima, come sempre. Illusioni, illusioni. E poi bisogna vedere gli interessi di un popolo, prima di sovvertire con le parole. A volte la democrazia è necessaria e Noi pensiamo che alcuni popoli africani possano adottarla. Ma altre volta essa è un danno, un errore.

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Intervista rilasciata dall'imperatore d'Etiopia Hailé Selassié nel giugno del 1972, raccolta in:

Oriana Fallaci, Intervista con la Storia - Nuova edizione ampliata e riveduta, B.U.R. / Rizzoli, 1981⁵, pp. 376-377.

NOTA: il Negus Neghesti fu deposto il 12 settembre 1974 e venne tenuto in prigionia nel palazzo imperiale fino al 27 agosto 1975, giorno del suo assassinio avvenuto per ordine del leader golpista Menghistu Hailé Mariàm.

[yr-hen-ogledd]

do the symbols on the sister actually mean something or are they just for the aesthetics? They look awesome!

Thankyou much! And thankyou for the ask! To be honest, most of them are there just to look cool and mysterious. You can read a lot more after the cut:

(I apologize in advance if I'm telling you stuff you already knew, sorry sorry sorry)

For those that don't know (and I suspect you probably do if you're sending this ask. Or reading this tumblr!), the big red I (for Imperator?) with the skull & halo is the symbol of the Ecclesiarchy and is probably supposed to represent the God-Emperor? I guess? Maybe it's supposed to be an iconic representation of the Emperor as big ol' cadaverous psychic lighthouse. Who knows.

The slightly odd-looking Α and Ω on either side of that are sometimes seen in Christian iconography where the first & last letters of the Greek alphabet represent God as the beginning and end of all things (i.e. the creator and ultimate destroyer of all living things? I've never been religious, ask me anything about Christian symbolism & theology). They seemed like they'd be easily appropriated by the cult of the God Emperor, so I stole them and added weird accents because maybe even liturgical language might change over 30,000ish years.

The loopy ribbon-looking thing above the big red I is a simple infinity loop, and again I thought it might make for a good graphical representation of the Emperor as an infinite, everlasting being, if you were one of the huddled masses of the Imperium who don't know that he's actually stuck on a life support machine, eating psykers.

All the rest of the symbols (and maybe the only ones you're interested in!) are entirely made up. The real robes that I used as reference are covered in bits of cyrillic script, but I wasn't about to start trying to paint actual lettering at this scale (the 'letters' running down the 2 columns at the side are about 1.5mm tall).

Fortunately, back when I was an angry teenager, I had an art teacher who taught me that when rendering fine detail or texture at scale, it was often better to suggest that detail and trust the viewer to fill in the gaps in their brain - you avoid making the composition too busy and save yourself a lot of busywork.

This is all a long-winded way of saying I painted a bunch of little glyph-looking things with as few lines as possible and trusted you wonderful people to recognize some kind of language, even if you couldn't read it. I ended up looking at a lot of Amharic script while I was preparing to paint this Sister (I've been looking at a lot of pictures of the rock-cut churches at Lalibela in Ethiopia) so it's very loosely inspired by that, but, yeah. It's just lines and occasional curves, arranged into a format that your brain can sort of recognize.

Thankyou for asking and reading!

የሰው ልጅ ንጉሠ ነገሥት ይመስገን!

[forefoot0xff]

በማከፋፈሉ ለቴኮ የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ያደረገው የፋይናንስ ተቋም ዕዳውን መተው ያልቻለበት ምክንያት ይፋ ሆነ። የፋይናንስ ተቋማትም ባለአክሲዮኖችና ሠራተኞች ስላሏቸው ኃላፊነቱ የቱ ላይ እንደሆነ ግልጽ በማድረግ ከንጉሠ ነገሥቱ እና ከዚያ በታች ካሳ መሰብሰብ አለብን። ይሁን እንጂ የመገናኛ ብዙኃን በፋርት ንጉሠ ነገሥት ሥር ኃላፊነት እንዳለ ማስታወቅ አይችሉም. ስለዚህ ሚኒስትር ዮሳኖ TEPCO በፋይናንሺያል ደረጃ ላይ ባለመሆኑ ለጥሩ ኩባንያ አበዳሪ በመሆኑ አበዳሪው ምንም አይነት ኃላፊነት የለበትም በማለት አሳማሚ ሰበብ አቅርበዋል። የህዝብን ገንዘብ በደንብ በሚመራ ድርጅት ውስጥ ማስገባት ማጭበርበር ነው። በሕዝብ ገንዘብ ላይ ኢንቨስት ማድረግ የለብንም? ከመሬት መንቀጥቀጡ በኋላ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ካን የባህር ውሃ መርፌ ለ 55 ደቂቃዎች መቆሙን አስታውቀዋል ። መግለጫ ከሰጠሁ በኋላ ፣ እንደገና የመተቸት እድሉ ወደ 0% ተቀይሯል ። የመሬት መንቀጥቀጡ በተከሰተበት ወቅት ሰራተኞቹ ከአንድ ሰአት በላይ በውሃ መርፌ ከቦታው ለቀው መውጣታቸው እና ፓምፑ በወቅቱ ነዳጅ አጥቶ በመውደቁ የግርግሩ መንስኤ እንደሆነም ታውቋል።

[roehenstart]

David II, emperor of Ethiopia (or Lebna Dengel) by Cristofano dell'Altissimo.

[silentambassadors]

In recent times, the area Ethiopia’s borders now encompass was the Ethiopian Empire - and by recent, I mean that the ruling Solomonic Dynasty (claiming patrilineal connection to THE King Solomon through his tryst with the Queen of Sheba) founded the Ethiopian Empire (also known as Abyssinia) in 1270 AD.  The Empire lasted all the way until Emperor Haile Selassie’s deposition in 1974, after which some form or other of a Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has presided.  [There have been numerous attempts by the Italians in particular to colonize Ethiopia - without lasting success.]  But that’s an awfully long time for en empire to hang around in these recent days - and in fact, at the time he was deposed in 1974, Haile Selassie was only one of three leaders still styled as Emperor (Japan and Iran; and briefly in the later 1970s, the Central African Republic had self-styled Emperor Bokassa I) (now it’s just Emperor Akihito, soon to be Emperor Naruhito).

Stamp details: Issued in: 1894 From: Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire MC #3, 7

Issued on: December 5, 1936 From: Addis Ababa, Italian East Africa MC #1

Issued on: June 22, 1942 From: Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire MC #196

Issued on: September 11, 1975 From: Addis Ababa, Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia MC #829

Issued on: September 10, 1987 From: Addis Ababa, People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia MC #1277

Issued on: March 31, 1994 From: Addis Ababa, Transitional Government of Ethiopia MC #1458

Issued on: December 26, 1996 From: Addis Ababa, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia MC #1557

Stamps on bottom: Issued on: November 6, 2016 From: Addis Ababa, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia MC #1980-1981

Recognized as a sovereign state by the UN: Yes (since November 13, 1945) Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ Member of the Universal Postal Union: Yes (since November 1, 1908)

[davyget]

Happy 130th earthday king Haile Selassieመልካም 130ኛ ዓመት ልደት!

ለሞዓ ፡ አንበሳ ፡ ዘእምነገደ ፡ ይሁዳ ግርማዊ ፡ ቀዳማዊ ፡ ኃይለ ፡ ሥላሴ ፡ ሥዩመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ ።

ሐምሌ ፲፮

[coinstree]

1889 1 Birr Ethiopia Coin Menelik II Silver Paris Mint from CoinsTree on Vimeo.

Obverse: Right-facing bust of a bearded Menelik II wearing monarchical clothing and the Imperial Crown of Ethiopia.

Obverse legend: ዳግማዊ፡ምኒልክ፡ንጉሠ፡ነገሥት፡ዘኢትዮጵያ ፲፰፻፲፫፱

Engraver: Jean Lagrange

Reverse: Lion of Judah: Crowned lion carrying a cross

Reverse legend: ሞዓ:አንበሳዘእምነገደ:ይሁዳ:: ነሐሴ:ብር

Engraver: Jean Lagrange

Edge: Inscribed ሞዓ፡አንበሳ፡ዘእምነገደ፡ይሁዳ።

Country: Ethiopia

Year: 1889

Mintage: 418,000

Mint: Paris

Metal: Silver (0.835)

Weight ±: 27.81 g.

Diameter ±: 40 mm

Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed!

[biruhmedia]

የእለቱ ማስታወሻ/ግንቦት ፩፫ (13) ፲፰፻፺፮ (1896)ዓ/ም - የዓለም እግር ኳስ ማኅበር ፊፋ (FIFA) ፓሪስ ከተማ ላይ ተመሠረተ።፲፱፻፷፮(1966) ዓ/ም - በኢትዮጵያ ንጉሠ ነገሥት መንግሥት የአሩሲ ጠቅላይ ግዛት (አሁን አርሲ) እንደራሴ ሆነው የተሾሙትን አቶ ተስፋ ቡሸን የጠቅላይ ግዛቱ ሕዝብ አባሮ አስወጣቸው።፲፱፻፹፪ (1982)ዓ/ም - የሰሜንና የደቡብ የመን ሉዐላዊ አገራት ተዋሕደው የየመን ሪፑብሊክ በሚል አዲስ የአንድነት ስም ተሠየሙ።፲፱፻፹፫(1983) ዓ/ም - የቀድሞው የሕንድ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ራጂቭ ጋንዲ ማድራስ ከተማ አቅራቢያ ላይ በሴት ራስ-አጥፊ ቦምበኛ ፍንዳታ ሕይወታቸው አለፈች።፲፱፻፹፫(1983) ዓ/ም - የኢሕዲሪ (የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፑብሊክ) ፕሬዚዳንትና የኢሠፓ (የኢትዮጵያ ሠራተኞች ��ርቲ) ዋና ጸሐፊ የነበሩት ኮሎኔል መንግሥቱ ኃይለ ማርያም አገር ጥለው በመኮብለል ወደዚምባብዌ ተሰደዱ።፲፱፻፹፮(1986) ዓ/ም - የየመን ሪፑብሊክ ውሕደት በተፈጸመ በአራት ዓመቱ ሁለቱ ወገኖች ባለመስማማታቸው በመኻላቸው የእርስ በእርስ ጦርነት ተጀመረ።፲፱፻፺፭(1995) ዓ/ም በሰሜናዊ አልጄሪያ የተከሰተው የመሬት እንቅጥቅጥ ከሁለት ሺ በላይ ሰዎችን አጥፍቷል።

[worldemblems]

Ethiopian Empire

የኢትዮጵያ ንጉሠ ነገሥት መንግሥተ

(1137–1974)

[roehenstart]

Theodor II. Kaiser von Äthiopien.