King of kings the triumph and tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
He was the scion of a dynasty that was reputed to descend from King Solomon, a pioneer of African unity and independence, a staunch confederate of the Allies in their fight against the fascist Axis powers and the messiah of the Jamaican Rastafarian movement. He was a reformer and an autocrat, whose...
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Haus Publishing Ltd
2015
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Table of Contents:
- A childhood in Harar
- Two cousins vie for power
- The Ethiopian Machiavelli
- The elect of God
- The darkest hour
- The Lion of Judah returns
- Shots across the bows
- Shaking hands with history
- An empty house
- Haile Selassie's legacy