Rasta Shook Them Up: Haile Selassie’s 1966 Visit to Jamaica
David Katz details the Ethopian leader’s historic 1966 visit to Jamaica – and what it meant for music on the island. April 19th, 196...
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Prince Ermias arrives for 50th anniversary of the visit of Emperor Haile Selassie I to Jamaica
h2>PRESS RELEASE Prince Ermias arriving for 50th anniversary of the visit of Emperor Haile Selassie I to Jamaica Prince Ermias Sa...
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1966, April 18: Emperor Haile Selassie Visits Trinidad & Tobago
Emperor Haile Selassie I Visited Trinidad & Tobago on April 18, 1966, then Jamaica on April 21, 1966 When Trinidad & Tobago...
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1966, H.I.M. Give Manley “Rod of Correction” of Joshua as Gift
IT was one of his favourite pieces of personal possessions in the 1970s, making many headlines and an object for much praises and cr...
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1966, April 24: H.I.M. Haile Selassie I Visits Haiti
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (fore, R) reviewing parade with President Francois Duvalier (fore, L) during visit. Video:...
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1954, June 18: Emperor Haile Selassie’s Visit to Oklahoma State University
His Imperial Majesty was the first reigning foreign head of state to visit the state of Oklahoma on 18 June 1954. The Emperor brough...
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1954, June 19: H.I.M. Haile Selassie I & Ethiopia–Mexico Relations
Ethiopia was the only nation in Africa to have never been colonized by a European country. In 1935, Italian troops entered Ethiopia...
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Proof, Jama Province in Ethiopia is the Ancestral homeland & bloodline of JAMAicans
Proof of the Ancestral Homeland of the Jamaican People in Ethiopia. I’ve always known deep in my heart Jamaica and Ethiopia ha...
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1973: Nov. 20-22, Jazz great Duke Ellington toasts with Emperor Haile Selassie
In late 1973 Ellington and his orchestra made Duke’s last European concert tour, but the State Department arranged for them to...
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1965, Jan. : Pope Kyrillos VI visits H.I.M. Haile Selassie I in Addis Ababa
In January 1965 Pope Kyrillos VI ruled the Committee of Eastern Orthodox Churches in Addis Ababa, which was the first (Masconic) and...
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Emperor Haile Selassie I visits Chicago Baptist Church & Praises the Negroe Struggle in America
H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie’s message spoken at the South Park Baptist Church on June 8, 1954, was that if the United States...
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1966, April 21: Emperor Haile Selassie I Visit to Barbados
2016 also signals the 50th anniversary of the visit of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie 1st to this island and other Caribbean na...
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