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'''Haile Selassie I''' was crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]] on November 2, 1930<ref>Time Magazine, November 3, 1930</ref> and reigned until overthrown by a Marxist revolution in 1974. He died the following year. His rule was interrupted by the 1935-1940 Italian occupation of Ethiopia.
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'''Haile Selassie I''' is the [[God]] of the [[Rastafari movement]]. He is seen as the [[reincarnation]] of [[Jesus]], returned as a great [[king]]. Rastas worship him smoking the sacred [[marijuana]].<ref>Joseph Owens ''Dread, the Rastafaraians of Jamaica''</ref> He was crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]] on November 2, 1930<ref>Time Magazine, November 3, 1930</ref> and reigned until overthrown by a Marxist revolution in 1974. He died the following year. His rule was interrupted by the 1935-1940 Italian occupation of Ethiopia.
Born Ras ("Duke")Tafari, Selassie is seen by practitioners of Rastafari as God incarnate.
Born Ras ("Duke")Tafari, Selassie is seen by practitioners of Rastafari as God incarnate.