Haile selassie

Haile Selassie I: Emperor of Ethiopia Ras Tafari Makonnen lived from July 23, 1892, to Aug. 27, 1975. The Rastafari movement was born when political leader Marcus Garvey

Haile Selassie was the last emperor of Ethiopia. His real name was Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael. The term Ras means head but also Prince as in “head of state”. The song’s lyrics are dire…

Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous. #HaileSelassieI #rastafari #rasta

H.I.M.

Haile Selassie, born Tafari Makonnen, was the emperor of Ethiopia for several decades. Within the Rastafari religion, he is also known as the messiah.

Photos from the historic 1966 visit to the Caribbean, capturing the fervor among Rastafari upon seeing the man they considered a messiah.