NEW YORK (RNS) — July 23 marks the 131st anniversary of the birth of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, whom the Rasta faith considers the incarnation of God. NEW YORK (RNS) — After the sun set ...

Charles A. Price received funding from National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, W.K.Kellogg Foundation, National Community Development Institute, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological ...

Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Director of ASU’s Institute of Human Origins and a leading Ethiopian fossil expert says it’s time to ...

When Haile Selassie was enthroned in 1930, he became not only emperor of Ethiopia, but also god to the fledgling Rastafarian movement in Jamaica. While most Rastafarians have condemned the funeral, a ...

SHASHEMENE, Ethiopia -- A Jamaican lilt rises in Albert Allen's voice as he chants the multiples of five in English to a group of wiggly children in the cement-block Rasta Community School.

It was there, in the city’s public libraries, that my father first read the speeches of Haile Selassie and learned about the history of the Rastafari movement. In the early nineteen-thirties ...

When Haile Selassie visited Jamaica in 1966, he was greeted by adoring crowds, and some Rastafari insisted miracles and other mystical occurrences took place during his visit to the island.

Haile Selassie’s grandson has bought an Ethiopian ... Selassie was also an inspiration for Rastafarians, some of whom believed him to be a divine figure. Ras Tafari Makonnen, his pre-regnal ...

Funde dance, Kette skip, Bass yunder, riddims praise Rastafari, the prophesied Anointed ... physical appearance of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I: light and inspiration to the dispossessed ...

From a modern perspective, Haile Selassie can be considered a controversial figure. While some Rastafarians consider him a ...

When Haile Selassie visited Jamaica in 1966, he was greeted by adoring crowds, and some Rastafari insisted miracles and other mystical occurrences took place during his visit to the island.