The image of Ethiopia is the face of famine. Hollow cheeks and desolate eyes are symbols of the country’s present catastrophe. But they say nothing about its astonishing past. Today it is hard to ...
The great granddaughter of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I is visiting Salisbury. Yodit “Mimi” Gedamu is promoting her book, “It Was Only Yesterday…” Hannah Mariam Meherete-Selassie and will be ...
Part 1: "The elect of God" and power-sharing. Governance: bootstraps operation at the executive branch ; Parliament flexes its muscles in an attempt to exercise democracy ; The judiciary: bastion of ...
The film, which is scheduled to premiere on Tuesday, tells the story of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's family in the aftermath of a 1974 coup. Freestyle Digital Media has acquired the rights to ...
Rastafarians drum and sing during a special prayer and worship meeting at Menengai forest in Kenya. James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The week of July 23, 2023, thousands of ...
An interesting holiday jumps out in July: Emperor Haile Selassie was born on July 23, 1892. His backstory: In the 1930s, Marcus Garvey led the Universal Negro Improvement Association. One day, he told ...
Commemorative gold medallion struck for the coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I on November 2, 1930, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. During the first visit of Emperor Haile Selassie I to the U.S. in 1954 ...
Kenya's first president, the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, was known for his no-nonsense attitude and it showed on several occasions. At one time during the 1964 Jamhuri Day celebrations, Mzee Kenyatta ...