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Emperor Haile Selassie’s Address to the World Council of Churches

Mr. Chairman, Eminences and Distinguished Members of the Central Committee, It is with feelings of great spiritual and personal happiness that We witness the convening of this meeting of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches in Our capital ...

May 23, 2016
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Emperor Selassie cheered by over a million New Yorkers & given honorary degrees

DID YOU KNOW? While visiting the United States, Emperor Haile-Selassie was cheered by more than a million New Yorkers in a ticker tape parade down lower Broadway and was given honorary degrees by Howard University, Columbia University, McGill University, Lava...

May 5, 2016
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1945, Feb. 13: US President Franklin Roosevelt & Emperor Haile Selassie aboard USS Q

US President Franklin Roosevelt and Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie aboard USS Quincy (CA-71) in the Great Bitter Lake. Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie visits USS Quincy (CA-71) underway in Great Bitter Lake, Suez Canal, Egypt to meet US President Frankli...

1966, April 21: H.I.M. Haile Selassie I State Visit to Jamaica + Photo Gallery

Haile Selassie visited Jamaica on April 21, 1966, and approximately one hundred thousand Rastafari from all over Jamaica descended on Palisadoes Airport in Kingston, having heard that the man whom they considered to be their Messiah was coming to visit them. S...

April 20, 2016
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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 Sahle-Selassie, a grandson of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie 1 of Ethiopia, will arrive in Jamaica on April 21st to...

February 12, 2016
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Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Visits Emperor Haile Selassie I

Ethiopia: Atse Haile Selassie and Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah By Msmaku Asrat I was reluctant to write on this subject since many have written about it exhaustively. I am writing this from a personal perspective which makes it slightly different from what has b...

February 3, 2016
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Quick Fact: Empress Menen visits Jerusalem for 2nd time

In Sept. 6, 1926 Empress Menen went to sacred land Jerusalem for the 2nd time. After she visited different Churches and monasteries and constructed St. Trinity church for Ethiopians on her account. She donated a lot of money for the monastery & clergymen a...

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November 29, 2015
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Rastas celebrate Emperor Selassie’s Malawi visit

Zooming into Chileka International Airport on July 22, 2015, I tried my best to recapture the passing images exposed to me concerning a previous occasion of Emperor Haile Selassie I’s arrival at the same terminal 50 years earlier. But there was a world of d...

November 20, 2015
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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 go to Africa as well. These U.S. State Department cables about the African leg of the tour are from Wikileaks, which I am uncomfor...

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July 28, 2015
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President Obama’s visit to Ethiopia: In Pictures and Video

Obama Calls Ethiopian Government ‘Democratically Elected’ ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — President Obama twice called the government of Ethiopia “democratically elected” on Monday as he stood by the country’s prime minister, two months after elections th...

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August 15, 2014
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1963, October 1 | H.I.M Haile Selassie I Return Visit To The United States

Description:Motion picture covering some highlights of the visit of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia to the United States, including a visit to Georgetown University, welcoming ceremonies with President John F. Kennedy in Washington, D.C., a visit to the W...

July 30, 2014
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British Royalty Visits Ethiopia and The King of Kings Qedamawi Haile Selassie 1st

In this video British Royalty visits Ethiopia and His Imperial Majesty, Qedamawi Haile Selassie Ist, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, King of Kings, Emperor of Ethiopia, Elect of God. Original video from Fesseha A Atlaw, who edited British P...