Haile Selassie: King of Kings

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Source/Further reading:

Biography, overview: https://www.biography.com/political-figure/haile-selassie-i 

History Extra, overview: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/haile-selassie-emperor-of-ethiopia-and-architect-of-modern-africa/ 

Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Haile-Selassie-I 

Britannica, history of Ethiopia: https://www.britannica.com/place/Ethiopia/Emergence-of-modern-Ethiopia-1855-1916 

NYTimes, obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/28/archives/haile-selassie-of-ethiopia-dies-at-83-deposed-emperor-ruled-ancient.html

Guardian review of King of Kings: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/24/king-of-kings-haile-selassie-ethiopia-asfa-wossen-asserate-review  

DW, Ethiopia’s Rastafari community: https://www.dw.com/en/why-ethiopias-rastafari-community-keeps-dwindling/a-50339635 

BBC podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04xyqgy 

CBC Ethiopia’s famines: https://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/features/ethiopias-unforgettable-famines-heres-why-they-really-happen 

Video of Selassie’s coronation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qlB8UVocY8