It all comes down to his coronation in , and a "prophecy" made by a Jamaican black rights campaigner, Marcus Garvey, a decade earlier. Garvey had told his followers in they should "look to Africa, when a black king shall be crowned, for the day of deliverance is at hand". So, when a black man called Ras Tafari was crowned in Ethiopia, many saw that as a sign the prophecy had come true.
Almost 8, miles away in the West Indies, Haile Selassie became God or Jah incarnate - the redeeming messiah - and Ethiopia, the promised land. Did Haile Selassie believe it himself? Well, he certainly didn't try to dispel the belief when he visited Jamaica in The emperor was greeted by thousands, desperate to get a glimpse of their god.
Rita Marley would later describe how she saw nail marks on Haile Selassie's palm as he waved at her. It was a moment of religious awakening, and when her husband returned, they embraced the belief. Three years earlier, Rastafarians had begun to move to Ethiopia and a piece of land Haile Selassie had put aside for black people from the West in After the visit, the numbers grew larger.
Today, the community numbers about people. But followers were presented with a conundrum after Haile Selassie died in , a year after he was deposed in a Marxist revolution.
After all, gods cannot die. This was resolved after it was argued Haile Selassie's body was just his earthly body. Also, it should be noted, Garvey was never a believer. In fact, he was a critic of Haile Selassie.
Blacks believe that they will be repatriated to Ethiopia, where they will no longer be suppressed, and will live in freedom. According to most Rastafarians this repatriation will be led by Haile Selassie. They believe their God will take charge and this will result in a joyous re-acquaintance with their homeland. In practice, while many modern Rastafarians hold Africa in great admiration, they don't want to live there, and are quite content living outside Africa.
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In that paradigm, had history gone the way of the demise of the Emperor and the Fascist colonization of Ethiopia, the entire portrait of the 20th century and beyond would have ushered forth a very different world, a barbarism which certainly would lead to mass genocide and overall extinction on the planet. Like it is in the game of Chess, the ability to access and determine the future and to calculate appropriate series of preemptive moves that will accommodate and assure that future is a component of this historical unfolding that surely justifies the actions of His Majesty.
Jesus Christ is king of Kings and Lord of Lord. He alone was the revelation of God. He alone died on the cross for our sins. His second coming will be to destroy evil once and for all.
Jesus Christ is the only way, truth and the life. Rastafarianism will only send you to hell, he cannot give you eternal life. I believe that Empror Haillie Salessie has a mission on this planet. Everyone God made had different assignment.
Why would Marcus Garvey disbelieve his prophecy,that Sallesie ran away from Mussolini attack does not reduce his influence. The Wailers and his boys together with all the Rastafarian are welcome in their believe. The black truly are still looking ahead of who will save them from the imperialist. Africa must be awake and get it right. Salessie has come and gone,wether it disappeared or dead,or split into the spirit of those who believe in him,the fight for Black man emancipation must go on.
Well stated. Am sorry for the African youths who were born just the other day and have not even tasted slavery and yet smoke Marijuana as hell not knowing even the reality. People are giving different views and opinions. If you are an African can you still feel the torture of mental slavery we are still going through.
We still got no power to fully enjoy our rights. The system still hold us while Babylonian rule having control of our mind. Let us emancipate. Let all unite and raise the color of Africa. Haile Selassie,l and l, one love. His majesty king Selassie 1 is the most high Jah. The holy Emmanuel.
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