The film presents a news report on Ethiopia's response to the fall of the holy city of Axum, highlighting Emperor Haile ...

Shortly thereafter, on Nov. 2, 1930, Ras Tafari Makonnen was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I in Ethiopia. While Selassie never considered himself divine, many people did, leading to Rastafarianism.

Born in Ethiopia in 1892 as Täfäri Mäkonnän (“Ras” is a noble title he took later), Selassie traced his lineage back to the first emperor of Ethiopia, Menelik I, who is said to be a ...

On Sept. 12, 1974, military officers deposed Emperor Haile Selassie from the Ethiopian throne he had occupied for more than half a century.