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'''Haile Selassie I''' was the Emperor of Ethiopia. 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 led by the Derg in 1974. He died the following year. His rule was interrupted by the 1936-1941 [[Fascism|fascist]] Italian occupation of Ethiopia and Selassie is noted for his address to the League of Nations asking for international help in the wake of the invasion.  
 
'''Haile Selassie I''' was the Emperor of Ethiopia. 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 led by the Derg in 1974. He died the following year. His rule was interrupted by the 1936-1941 [[Fascism|fascist]] Italian occupation of Ethiopia and Selassie is noted for his address to the League of Nations asking for international help in the wake of the invasion.  
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The Rastafari movement, inspired by an alleged prophecy by Marcus Garvey, sees Selassie as God incarnate, the [[reincarnation]] of [[Jesus]], returned as a great [[king]].  
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The Rastafari movement, inspired both by an alleged prophecy by Marcus Garvey and by the articles on his coronation appearing in [[Time Magazine]], sees Selassie as God incarnate, the [[reincarnation]] of [[Jesus]], returned as a great [[king]] and fulfilling the [[Bible|biblical]] prophecies of the [[Book of Revelation]].  
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Rastas worship him smoking the sacred [[marijuana]] in what they call "reasoning" sessions.<ref>Joseph Owens ''Dread, the Rastafaraians of Jamaica''</ref>  
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Rastas worship him smoking the sacred [[marijuana]] in what they call "reasoning" sessions.<ref>Joseph Owens ''Dread, the Rastafaraians of Jamaica''</ref>  
    
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