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The Ethiopian emperor was a great African leader and a tireless fighter against colonialism, but he was also accused of ruling in an authoritarian and capricious way. King of kings, Lion of Judah, Chosen of God or Most High Lord. Such epithets were used to target the ras (prince) Tafari Makonnnen, who was emperor of …
Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen was proclaimed Emperor of Ethiopia in Exile at London in 1989. He is shown here with his daughter Princess Mariam Senna and his wife, Empress Medferiashwork
Emperor Haile Selassie (1892-1975), who was crowned ‘King of Kings’ in Addis Ababa in 1930, was believed in Ethiopia to have been chosen by God. The Rastafarians in Jamaica even ‘recognised’ him as their Messiah and God. A look at the dual ‘careers’ of a 20th-century figure who was as remarkable as he was controversial.
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