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 ...

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

The alert U. S. citizen last week could pick from among his fellow citizens as Man of the Year at the close of 1935 whom? When accountants had added up box-office receipts, Miss Shirley Temple emerged ...

Ethiopia’s last emperor, Haile Selassie, has been honoured by the African Union (AU), for his role in the establishment of the union’s predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). His statue ...

Leadership in the context of Ethiopian history and mythology -- Tafari : orphaned prince steeled by adversity -- Harar, Ras Makonnen, and Menelik's court -- The feud with Iassu; the plot thickens -- ...

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 ...

Kenya's first president, the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, was known for his no-nonsense attitude and it showed on several occasions. At one time during the 1964 Jamhuri Day celebrations, Mzee Kenyatta ...

With 41 crates reportedly containing gold bars and Ethiopia’s well-worn old green Imperial treasure chest among his luggage, His Majesty Haile Selassie reached London last week bravely smiling and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rastafarians drum and sing during a special prayer and worship meeting at Menengai forest in Kenya. James Wakibia/SOPA ...