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| − | '''Haile Selassie I''' | + | '''Haile Selassie I''' is the [[God]] of the [[Rastafari movement]]. He is seen as God incarnate, 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 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 by [[Mussolini]]. |
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Revision as of 00:28, March 17, 2007
Haile Selassie I is the God of the Rastafari movement. He is seen as God incarnate, the reincarnation of Jesus, returned as a great king. Rastas worship him smoking the sacred marijuana.[1] He was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia on November 2, 1930[2] 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 fascist Italian occupation of Ethiopia by Mussolini.