Haile Selassie was born in July 23, 1892, near Harer, Ethiopia died August 27, 1975, Addis Ababa
Now continue to follow this alticle on Afrizum to know how Haile become the emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and how he sought to modernize his country and who steered it into the mainstream of postworld war II African politics.
He brought Ethiopia into the league of Nations and the United nations then he made Addis Ababa the major centre for the Organization of African Unity (now is African Union) now you met with Rastafari movement.
Who is Emperor Haile Selassie
Tafari was a great-grandson of haile Selassie of Shewa and a son of Ras means Prince Makonnen, a chief adviser to Emperor Menilik II. Educated at home by French missionaries, Tafari at an early age favourably impressed the emperor with his intellectual abilities and was promoted accordingly.
As governor of Sidamo and then of Harer province, he followed progressive policies, seeking to break the feudal power of the local nobility by increasing the authority of the central government for example, by developing a salaried civil services. He thereby came to represent politically progressive elements of the population. In 1911 he married Wayzaro Menen, a great-granddaughter of Menilek II.
