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 ...

From Addis Ababa last week, TIME Correspondent James Bell cabled: “His face as sadly impassive as that of a Byzantine saint. His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I rose from a straight-back ...

* I was pleased to read that the late Emperor Haile Selassie (of Ethiopia) was given what appears to be a proper burial 25 years after his death (Nov. 6). For all his shortcomings, his legacy will ...

With 41 crates reportedly containing gold bars and Ethiopia’s well-worn old green Imperial treasure chest among his luggage, His Majesty Haile Selassie reached London last week bravely smiling and ...

NEW YORK (RNS) — July 23 marks the 131st anniversary of the birth of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, whom the Rasta faith considers the incarnation of God. NEW YORK (RNS) — After the sun set over ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — On August 27, 1975, news broke that Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie I had died in that country. His demise came one year after he was overthrown by the military in the East ...

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 ...

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 ...