#Emperor Haile Selassie

[yearningforunity]

Abyssinian woman of 60 who killed 50 Italians at Adowa will fight again . Farlenekh , and old Abyssinian woman who fought in the battle of Adowa and saw Italy crushingly defeated 40 years ago , has asked Emperor haile Selassie for a mule and a rifle so that she can again fight the Italians in the Ogaden . 26 September 1935, Addis Ababa Ethiopia

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[underground-hip-hop-affiliated]

[djhamaradio]

I heard whispers about this a while back and was looking forward to it. As an African history buff with a particularly deep thirst for knowledge about the post colonial period this one was a must see. The story centers around the grand daughter of the Late great honorable Hailie Sellasie and her experiences prior to and after the toppling of the emperors kingdom. The movie works because it manages to weave a tapestry of intimate interviews with family members, historians, Ethiopian citizens and other supporters and backers of the royal family you are swept into a world of profound privilege and gut wrenching suffering. Prior to this documentary I was very grounded in the fact that the Emperor was an indifferent monarch swimming in opulence while his people where suffering from a famine. This documentary forces me to question that narrative, because we are experiencing everything from the perspective of family members who themselves got victimized by the regime that took over from the Emperor. Ultimately this is an intimate portrait of societal trauma, and how the foundational myths of certain nation states can leave a lot of things unsaid and leave people with deep deep wounds. As a work of visual entertainment I think this is up there because the found footage is arresting, and the interviews are emotionally deep.

[deadpresidents]

What books have you been reading since your last update?

I don't remember what I shared with my last update, so apologies if I repeat anything, but these are some of the books I've read over the past couple months:

•An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) I'm actually still reading this new book by the legendary Doris Kearns Goodwin, so I still have a couple of chapters to go, but I can definitely recommend it. This is undoubtedly the most personal book that DKG has ever written, and it's a fascinating story.

•Charging a Tyrant: The Arraignment of Saddam Hussein by Greg Slavonic (BOOK | KINDLE)

•Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy by Sally Bedell Smith (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer (BOOK | KINDLE)

•The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat by Ryszard Kapuscinski

•Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•The Making of a Leader: The Formative Years of George C. Marshall by Josiah Bunting III (BOOK | KINDLE)

•The Year of the Three Kaisers: Bismarck and the German Succession, 1887-88 by J. Alden Nichols

•God Is Ever New: Meditations on Life, Love, and Freedom by Pope Benedict XVI (BOOK | KINDLE)

•Paul VI: The Divided Pope by Yves Chiron (BOOK | KINDLE)

•Buffalo Bill and the Mormons by Brent M. Rogers (BOOK | KINDLE)

•The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union by Stephen Puleo (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•Macho Man: The Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage by Jon Finkel (BOOK | KINDLE)

•Business Is About to Pick Up!: 50 Years of Wrestling in 50 Unforgettable Calls by Jim Ross with Paul O'Brien (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•Zanzibar Was a Country: Exile and Citizenship Between East Africa and the Gulf by Nathaniel Mathews (BOOK | KINDLE)

[dramoor]

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[anokha-swad]

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“CAPTAIN DECORATED BY ABYSSINIA'S EMPEROR,” Toronto Star. March 8, 1933. Page 2. --- His Majesty Haile Selassie, First Emperor of Abyssinia, King of the Kings of Ethiopia, the "Lion of Judah", son of Menelek the Second, claimed to be a direct descendant of King Solomon by the Queen of Sheba, is received aboard the steamship Resolute by Captain Fritz Kruse, as the vessel visits Djibouti, French Somaliland. After a thorough inspection of the ship, of which he had heard glowing reports from Princess Slyoum Kabadatch, daughter of Ras Siyoum, one of the seven kings of Ethiopia. the emperor conferred the Order of the Coronation upon Captain Kruse and Cruise Director W. Querner. The medals of the order are of 24-carat Abyssinian gold and may be received only at the hands of the emperor. Smaller medals were bestowed upon several of the ship's officers.

[impetuous-impulse]

Ah yes, typical methods of imperial conquest and expansion.

Another typical Napoleonic action: whooping Italy's behind!!!

A WILD ENCOUNTER! Rimbo is that you!?!?!?! Did you write any poems about Ras Makonnen?!

Modern-day Ethiopia lore...

I think this is a royal personage of Ethiopia who was Haile Selassie's father. (pinterest)

[mrskennedy]

John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy attend a welcoming ceremony in Washington D.C. for Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie on October 1st, 1963.

[kemetic-dreams]

The term "Rastafari" derives from "Ras Tafari Makonnen", the pre-regnal title of Haile Selassie, the former Ethiopian emperor who occupies a central role in Rasta belief. The term "Ras" means a duke or prince in the Ethiopian Semitic languages; "Tafari Makonnen" was Selassie's personal name. It is unknown why the early Rastas adopted this form of Haile Selassie's name as the basis of the term for their religion. As well as being the religion's name, "Rastafari" is also used for the religion's practitioners themselves. Many commentators—including some academic sources and some practitioners—refer to the movement as "Rastafarianism". However, the term is disparaged by many Rastafari, who believe that the use of -ism implies religious doctrine and institutional organisation, things they wish to avoid.

Ras (Amharic: ራስ, romanized: ras, lit. 'head' compare with Arabic Rais or Hebrew Rosh), is a royal title in the Ethiopian Semitic languages. It is one of the powerful non-imperial titles.

Historian Harold G. Marcus equates the Ras title to a duke;[citation needed] others have compared it to "prince".

The combined title of Leul Ras (Amharic: ልዑል ራስ) was given to the heads of the cadet branches of the Imperial dynasty, such as the Princes of Gojjam, Tigray, Ras Tafari Makonnen and the Selalle sub-branch of the last reigning Shewan Branch, and meaning "Lord of Lords", the highest title of lord.

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[underground-hip-hop-affiliated]

[semioticapocalypse]

Bernard Tussaud, grandson of Swiss modeller Madame Tussaud, holds two wax heads, one of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and the other of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. September 1935.

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[rockshrimp1989]

No doubt Matt's shirt here is a nod to Rastafarian culture😁: the lion representing Emperor Haile Selassie (who is referred to as the "Conquering Lion of Judah"), and naturally the ties to cannabis/ganja, their sacred herb🌿😁🦁

[ptseti]

This was a thorough summary of dreads/locs. Despite its origins, the visible cultural identity of the hairstyle in the West is from Rastafarians 🇯🇲

Rising from the proliferation of Ethiopianism and Pan-Africanism, Rastafarianism took root in Jamaica following the coronation of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I in 1930. A spiritual movement based on the belief in Selassie’s divinity, its followers congregated around preachers like Leonard Howell, who founded the first prominent Rastafarian community in 1940.