Haile Selassie I

Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. He is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the key figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica that emerged shortly after he became emperor in the 1930s. He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty, which claims to trace lineage to Emperor Menelik I, believed to be the son of King Solomon and Makeda the Queen of Sheba.

Known For

To Arms, We Are Fascists!

Adventures on the New Frontier

The Fight For Peace

The Century Is Fifty

The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry

United We Stand

The March on Rome

Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder

Primo Piano: Hailé Selassié, imperatore d'Etiopia