The romantism and borderline worship of Haile Selassie is well known amongst certain Africans circles.
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The romantic rewriting of Haile Selassie’s legacy must stop - Africa at LSE
Yohannes Woldemariam trawls through the history books to expose the truths of Haile Selassie’s 44-year reign over Ethiopia. Emperor Haile Selassie, who ruled Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, died in 1975, but he lives on through the romantic lyrics of the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley and...


Haile Selassie: The Self-Proclaimed 'Caucasian' Who Africans Mistook For A Black Saviour / SamePassage
Haile Selassie described himself as a Caucasian, was not quick to abolish slavery and was the West's 'moderate' dictator of choice. As Marcus Garvey said, the Emperor was just an ordinary man. Our problems begin with a statement purported to have been made by Marcus Garvey in the 1920s: Look…
