ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Bells tolled and thousands of Ethiopians wailed and applauded Sunday as Haile Selassie, their last emperor, was finally laid to rest 25 years after his mysterious death. As ...

Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. He is widely considered a defining figure ...

An interesting holiday jumps out in July: Emperor Haile Selassie was born on July 23, 1892. His backstory: In the 1930s, Marcus Garvey led the Universal Negro Improvement Association. One day, he told ...

Rastafarians drum and sing during a special prayer and worship meeting at Menengai forest in Kenya. James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The week of July 23, 2023, thousands of ...

* I was pleased to read that the late Emperor Haile Selassie (of Ethiopia) was given what appears to be a proper burial 25 years after his death (Nov. 6). For all his shortcomings, his legacy will ...

Yeshi Kassa in "Grandpa Was an Emperor," left, and Queen Elizabeth II pictured in April 2022, right.Courtesy of Constance Marks Productions, Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool/Getty Images Yeshi Kassa is the ...

A statue of Ethiopia's last Emperor, Haile Selassie, after its unveiling at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Sunday, Feb. 10 ...

Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie flew into Stillwater in 1954 to thank Oklahoma A & M College officials for the school's help in his country's agricultural program. And to see an American Indian. It ...

The King of Kings. Elect of God. Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah and 255th reigning monarch of Ethiopia. Haile Selassie I, is a lonely man. At 74, he has outlived his wife, who died in 1962, and ...

Haile Selassie, fugitive emperor of Ethiopia, today voiced his thanks to world Jewry “for the special interest Jews have exhibited in the Ethiopian situation.” The Negus, speaking to the Jewish ...