By Timothy Nelson, IN Series artistic director. I n 1936, with the radical idea that a uniquely American new form of theater could unite artists and journalists to promote grassroots social action, ...

Africa Hall was presented to the ECA as a gift from Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie (center). Two years later in 1963, Selassie welcomed leaders of Africa’s independent states to the inaugural ...

The relatively new religion developed in Jamaica when Haile Selassie I was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia on November 2, ... In ...

Damtew too fought for various monarchs. He helped Emperor Haile Selassie attain the throne and later married Leult (Princess) Tenagnework, the emperor’s eldest child.

Emperor Haile Selassie emerged in 1935 not only as Man of the Year but as the world’s own inimitable “Little Charlie” for as many years to come as health sustains him.

Ethiopia opens first stock market since Emperor Haile Selassie on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save Andres Schipani in Addis Ababa and David Pilling in London. Published January 2 2025.

The death of deposed Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie on August 27, 1975, remains shrouded in mystery 25 years on as plans go ahead for his remains to be buried in a state funeral on Sunday.

Haile Selassie was known as a child as Lij Tafari Makonnen. ... Tafari himself rose to emperor and was proclaimed Neguse Negest ze-'Ityopp'ya, "King of Kings of Ethiopia".