What led to Emperor Haile Selassie's Tragic Fall

In the annals of Ethiopian and African history, one name stands out among the rest - Haile Selassie I, the 225th and final emperor of Ethiopia. From 1930 until his overthrow in 1974, he ruled the country and left an indelible mark on its destiny.
This visionary leader brought Ethiopia onto the world stage. He steered the nation into the League of Nations and later the United Nations, while making Addis Ababa the vibrant centre for the Organization of African Unity, today known as the African Union.
Ironically, Haile Selassie initiated the changes that led to his downfall. For instance, the military training program that exposed Ethiopian officers to representative institutions in the United States, and Haile Selassie I University, where students learned to think about political economy.
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#Ethiopia #Selassie #Mengistu

[@holo133]

Mexico was one of the 5 countries who condemn Italy invasion of Ethiopia. In 1954, Emperor Haile Selassie became the first ever head of state from an African nation to pay an official visit to Mexico.

[@KingAbel510]

🤯 epic !!

[@robal5788]

They have a train station in Mexico that bares his name?

[@SummerRenaissance]

Also, Ethiopia named one of it's busiest squares in the capital Addis Abeba "Mexico square" in honour of that.

[@sojiadamo5212]

Great history mi aburo/hemano. ✊🏾💯

[@sojiadamo5212]

​@@SummerRenaissancewow, love it. ✊🏾

[@Visiontech]

I continue to be STUNNED by the level of simplicity and yet at the same time the POWERFUL educational value of these videos!!!

[@Raspectras]

Don't believe for 1 secon that 1 man can be burned 3 times

[@mtewahade]

This is good film with lots of good points. I am happy that you are able to get your hands on some precious video. As an Ethiopian who was already 18 years old at the time of the revolution in 1978. some of the facts were a little twisted. 1.Haile Selasie was not a brutal medieval king,who was trying to oppress his people. Western Universities in 1950s, were training young Ethiopians Marxism and how to have contempt for the benevolent king 2 Johantan Dembelbin is a British who was maybe MI6 agent turn journalist who made a devastating film on the famine to ruin the Emperor internal and external image and cause him to die. The Emperor gave all of us a chance at modern education even though Ethiopia was deprived modernity by Europeans,as we have rejected slavery and colonialism. Everything we had in Ethipoia was hard work of Ethiopian’s alone. The students who were rebelling against the Emperor were good and naive children who were intoxicated with Marxism and Leninism. They all lost their lives. Few of us were lucky to walk away from this mess to rebuild our shattered lives in America and Canada. Emperor Haile Selasse was benevolent king who become a too old and fearful. He was cognitively impaired to make good discussion. But the Ethiopian military that overthrew him were bunch of drunken lunatic who were totally untrained and uneducated. They took Ethiopia to a total mad house and communist lunatics. We are still suffering from that mayhem.

[@outerspace7391]

It baffles me that western universities even as far back as the 1950s, at the height of the cold war, were teaching Marxism to the students

[@sammymanu7584]

@mtewahadi, I was a witness to the uprising of Ethiopian people against the Emperor Haile Selasie. The starvation of Wollo provice in Ethiopia had been reported by Johantan Dembelbin bringing the truth about the children of Ethiopia starvation. Please don't distort history or rewrite history. The Feudal system was controlled by the Emperor. At the time, The Ethiopian students knew everything the fact of mismanaging the economy of the country, forgotten poor people suffering, backward feudal system controlled everything through family roots and racist system. I think you talk about him in an inflated and boasted form because people who doesn't know the history of Ethiopia are misled by people like you. Dictator Mengistu cheated the Ethiopian people by promising after three years he will give power to the people...and killed the young generation. please do your research and educate yourself the fact of Ethiopian up and downs!!!

[@JahRastafari89]

​@@sammymanu7584"'"'According to his faithful servant, Haile Selassie at first knew nothing of the famine. ‘The emperor was shocked and deeply saddened. I went with him to Wollo. He had no idea his people were suffering like this.' ’ This was stated by Mamo Haile in 2005 who began working for he Emperor when he was seventeen years old. [69] Yacob Aklilu testifies that Haile Selassie’s son Asfa Wossen and other government officials attempted to hide the famine from him: 'Although blamed for hiding the famine, Emperor Haile Selassie was initially unaware of the famine, in part because government officials were reluctant to pass on bad news. Upon discovering the famine in 1973, the Emperor rebuked Crown Prince Asfa Wossen (the Duke of Wollo) for not informing him of the famine earlier, to which the prince replied that the Emperor only listened to his officials and not to him (the Prince). The prince was so stressed by this allegation that he had a stroke that evening and was hospitalised in the UK. Personal communication, Yacob Aklilu, 15 October 2008, Addis Ababa.'[70] Many expected that the Emperor would announce his abdication and name his eldest son Asfa Wossen to be his successor on his eightieth birthday.[71] When this didn’t occur Crown Prince Asfa Wossen continued to hide the famine in the Wollo region which he was in charge of seemingly in an effort to further sabotage his father’s reign. Maybe he believed that he could eventually usurp the throne by using the crisis to diminish political support for his father’s rule. The Dergue even proclaimed him to be the new “King” on the same day they deposed Haile Selassie on 12 September 1974.[72] That same year, once Haile Selassie was deposed, Asfa Wossen also admitted in an interview with German news magazine Stern that he participated in organizing the failed coup d’état of 1960 against His Majesty who was on a state visit in Brazil at the time in which the Crown Prince pronounced himself to be the new emperor on national radio. Before then the Crown Prince had always claimed that he was forced to make the announcement under duress.[73] The coup lasted four days and at least 300 people including civilians caught in the street fighting were killed.[74] While he was still living abroad the Dergue announced the annulment of Asfa Wossen’s nomination as King-designate on 22 March 1975. Then on 27 August 1975 they announced the sudden death of Haile Selassie.[75] The former Crown Prince publicly demanded that an autopsy be performed on his father but the Dergue ignored the request.[76] Asfa Wossen never returned to Ethiopia to sit on the throne but in 1989 he crowned himself Emperor Amha Selassie while in exile and died about eight years later.[77] British journalist Jonathan Dimbleby stated that the Dergue created effective propaganda by editing his documentary about the famine: 'To guard against public backlash in favour of Haile Selassie (who was still widely revered), they contrived to obtain a copy of The Unknown Famine which they intercut with images of Africa’s grand old man presiding at a wedding feast in the grounds of his palace. Retitled The Hidden Hunger, this film noir was shown round the clock on Ethiopian television to coincide with the day that they finally summoned the nerve to seize the Emperor himself. As propaganda, The Hidden Hunger had precisely the required effect.'[78] Peter Gill wrote that Haile Selassie, 'certainly expressed sorrowful astonishment on his first visit to the region in November 1973.' Greatly disturbed and overwhelmed by what he saw he rushed back to the capital in complete disarray and an emergency meeting was called to coordinate famine aid.[79] 'The responsible officials -Legesse Bezu, Kassa Wolde Mariam and Mulatu Debebe - were ‘hauled over the coals’ by the sovereign.' [[80] With regards to the famine Dimbleby told Gill, 'I believe Haile Selassie was simply not informed.'[81] 'One of the most significant events related to the so-called Wello Famine was the Emperor’s visit to Wello in November 1972. Two things make this event significant: first, the Emperor returned from Wello without realizing the extremely ripe famine situation in Wello. The people of Wello were not allowed to present a petition to the Emperor. Even the letter written to him by the parliamentarians from Wello prior to his departure apparently never reached him. The Emperor was efficiently and effectively protected from any displeasure that might result from the realization of so serious a problem as famine.'[82] During Haile Selassie’s 1972 visit to the region the Enderassé of Wollo, Dejazmatch Solomon Abraham, was careful to conceal the needs of the people and he made sure to distract the Emperor from the reality of the situation with pomp and ceremony.[83] In April 1973 students peacefully protested the government’s mishandling of the Wollo famine in Dessie. To quell the revolt the students’ leaders were detained but the protest continued. Dejazmatch Solomon Abraham ordered the Chief of Police Gerneral Girma Yohannes to use force to disperse the crowds, eight students were shot and killed.[84] When the news reached Haile Selassie, the Emperor immediately ordered, 'Do not shoot my students!'[85] This all took place in the morning, at noon bystanders witnessed the Enderassé drive nonchalantly over the blood of the slain students as if nothing had happened on his way home.[86] Dejazmatch Solomon Abraham was removed from his post in May 1973 because of this incident. In 1974 his role in the cover-up of the Wollo famine was investigated by the Commission of Inquiry. He was summarily executed without a trial by the Dergue along with Girma Yohannes, Legesse Bezu, Mulatu Debebe and forty-four other imprisoned former government officials at Kerchele Prison on 23 November 1974 during the Black Saturday Massacre; sixty officials were killed in total that day (about half were military and half were civilian).[87] Kassa Wolde Mariam was executed without a trial in July 1978.[88] On 23 July 1974 during His Majesty’s eighty-second birthday he delivered his last speech: 'I am still today, as I have always been in the past, at the service of my people. My fondest wish is that peace should continue to reign in the empire. The recent measures that we have been obliged to adopt are in the people’s interest, the same interest that guides our actions. The famine that has killed many thousands of our beloved children has deeply saddened us. We will intensify the aid going out to the poor unfortunates who are depending on it. If anyone has committed any mistakes, their punishment will not be long in coming.'[89] Documented correspondences and reports prove that government officials were aware of the famine as early as August 1971 yet they guarded the Emperor from the information well into 1973 and beyond.[90] 'In their desire not to displease the Emperor, the Ministers often presented the problem of famine with extreme caution and understatement.'[91] In 1957 the Emperor had established a maximum sentence of ten years rigorous imprisonment and strict confinement for anyone who creates distress or famine intentionally or through neglect of his obligations.[92] The misconstrued overestimation of the cost of His Majesty’s eightieth birthday celebration in conjunction with accusations about his alleged indifference and supposed negative attitude towards famine victims is nothing more than just another falsified myth about the Emperor.[93]" Vukotic, Petar. “The Truth About Haile Selassie's Legacy.” _Rastafari_ _Coalition,_ 8 July 2022.

[@VenTayTown]

The same emperor that had slavery going on while he ruled 😮

[@JahRastafari89]

@@VenTayTown "The most exaggerated accusation against Ethiopia was the issue of slavery. For this reason, when We began laying the foundations for rehabilitating the country, We immediately issued a proclamation to abolish the master-slave relationship. This proclamation stated that Our pre-war proclamation had come to fruition. The institution of slavery was deeply rooted in tradition... [and] it was impossible to uproot such an ancient institution simply by writing laws. It should not have been held against us as a strange phenomenon either. Since far hack in history, slavery has been practiced in the whole world; it was not an institution unique to Ethiopia. It is recorded history that this practice has posed problems world-wide." Sellassie I, Haile. The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Sellassie I: 'My Life and Ethiopia's Progress' Addis Abeba, 1966 E.C., vol. 2, Michigan State University Press, 1994, p. 175. "It was always Haile Selassie’s desire to abolish the institution of slavery in the Empire.[11] In fact as early as 15 September 1923 Haile Selassie issued a proclamation against slavery followed by a law on 31 March 1924 which abolished the slave trade and threatened slave traders with the death penalty. In order to not risk alienating his followers and to avoid an instant economic crisis the possession of slaves who had already been traded before the promulgation of the law was allowed.[12] On his coronation as Emperor, seven articles were promulgated in the Ethiopian Penal Code of 1930 which punished kidnapping and forced labor as well.[13] His Majesty then issued a decree which emancipated the children of enslaved persons and all people enslaved upon their owner’s death in 1931.[14] The freed children were enrolled in a new school to prepare them for services in the modern state.[15] By 1934 His Majesty had established sixty-two local bureaus to control slavery.[16] In a calculated move Haile Selassie planned to phase out the ancient Ethiopian institution of slavery gradually to prevent the chaos that ensued in the United States immediately after mass emancipation as he feared that a sudden end to slavery would’ve created an impoverished class of two million destitute people overnight with no means to support themselves. “His reasoning on this is sound, too,” explained British-American national news commentator Boake Carter in 1935.[17] His intention was to ensure that every person freed would have immediate employment so that they could be fully integrated into society and not become a bandit or a charge on the nation.[18] Carter said, “In this he is using merely common sense.”[19] Haile Selassie never owned slaves himself and slave ownership is often misattributed to him because Emperor Menelik II and Haile Selassie’s cousins, Lij Iyasu and Dejazmatch Tayye Tekle Maryam of Benesso-Gurafarda, were heavily involved in the slave market.[20] Slavery was officially abolished in Ethiopia on 26 August 1942, ten years ahead of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines' Protection Society’s schedule.[21] It must also be considered that for at least five years “Haile Selassie’s reforms were interrupted by the Italian invasion.”[22] “When Italy prepared for conflict with Ethiopia, writers started to publish on slavery in Ethiopia. This provided propaganda for the argument that Ethiopia was not ‘a civilized nation’ as demanded by the League’s charter, and therefore, by implication, did not enjoy the same rights as other members. This seems to have weakened international support for Ethiopia, when the Italian War broke out (1935-1936).”[23] Mussolini tried to justify his colonial adventure in Ethiopia by citing the 5,000 year old institution of slavery as his official excuse and, according to some historians, Italy started an “effective campaign” against slavery in Ethiopia. However, during that period, slave trading was performed primarily at sea off the coasts of Italian Eritrea and Italian Somaliland by the Arabs under the direct supervision of the colonial Italians.[24]" Vukotic, Petar. “The Truth About Haile Selassie's Legacy.” Rastafari Coalition, 8 July 2022. [11] Slavery Abolition Proclamation, 1942, Negarit Gazeta, Proclamation No. 22, year 1, no. 1, p. 56. [12] Smidt, Wolbert. “Slavery.” Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, vol. 4, Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden, Germany, 2010, p. 680. [13] See Arts. 374-380, The Ethiopian Penal Code of 1930, p. 60; Lowenstein, Steven. Materials for the Study of the Penal Law of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I University Faculty of Law, 1965, p. xiv. [14] Sbacchi, Alberto. Ethiopia Under Mussolini: Fascism and the Colonial Experience, Zed Books Ltd., Great Britain, 1985, p. 5. [15] Smidt, Wolbert. “Slavery.” Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, vol. 4, Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden, Germany, 2010, pp. 680-681. [16] Greenfield, Richard. Ethiopia: A New Political History, Frederick A. Praeger Inc. Publishers, United States of America, 1965, p. 173. [17] Carter, Boake. Black Shirt Black Skin, Harrisburg, Telegraph Press, 1935, p. 52. [18] Ibid., pp. 52-53; Comyn-Platt, Thomas. The Abyssinian Storm, Jarrolds Publishers, London, 1935, p. 164; Pankhurst, Richard. Economic History of Ethiopia 1800-1935, Haile Sellassie I University Press, Addis Ababa, 1968, p. 118. [19] Carter, Boake. Black Shirt Black Skin, Harrisburg, Telegraph Press, 1935, p. 52. [20] Pankhurst, Richard. Economic history of Ethiopia, 1800-1935, Addis Ababa, Haile Sellassie I University Press, 1968, p. 32, 75; Smidt, Wolbert. “Slavery.” Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, vol. 4, Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden, Germany, 2010, p. 680. [21] Carter, Boake. Black Shirt Black Skin, Harrisburg, Telegraph Press, 1935, pp. 58-60; Slavery Abolition Proclamation, 1942, Negarit Gazeta, Proclamation No. 22, year 1, no. 1, pp. 56-58; Greenfield, Richard. Ethiopia: A New Political History, Frederick A. Praeger Inc. Publishers, United States of America, 1965, p. 172; Sellassie I, Haile. The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Sellassie I: 'My Life and Ethiopia's Progress' 1892-1937, vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 81. [22] Sbacchi, Alberto. Ethiopia Under Mussolini: Fascism and the Colonial Experience, Zed Books Ltd., Great Britain, 1985, p. 5. [23] Smidt, Wolbert. “Slavery.” Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, vol. 4, Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden, Germany, 2010, p. 681. [24] Carter, Boake. Black Shirt Black Skin, Harrisburg, Telegraph Press, 1935, pp. 53, 62; Greenfield, Richard. Ethiopia: A New Political History, Frederick A. Praeger Inc. Publishers, United States of America, 1965, p. 173.

[@da9618]

Back in the 1930s when Italy invaded Ethiopia, a lot of black WW1 veterans were trying to go Ethiopia to help fight against Mussolini, but the US wouldn't give them a passport, but they did give passports to Italian men

[@kmm9721]

Control .

[@terrypross7638]

White Supremacy

[@rasempress9724]

And Ethiopia remains the ONLY country on the African Continent that WAS NEVER COLONIZED

[@mkim6017]

To be refused to have a passport is very sad indeed! But God was with Ethiopia! Ethiopians were highly religious people and God didn’t let them down! Shame on the US government!

[@carlalandrau6033]

@@rasempress9724 that does not mean they don't have a colonized mindset because they do more than a lot of West African

[@heniakonas9439]

Met him in 1968 at a State Dinner. He was a small man but full of dignity. He did not deserve his end at the hands of his fellow Ethiopians.

[@jackieclan815]

So like a little black Napoleon

[@government_costumes-ui5lx]

He was only about building the elite!

[@zenheadshot3742]

HIM dogs never starved.

[@rasempress9724]

@@government_costumes-ui5lx lies….his education push belies ur statement…abolishment of slavery despite the then make up of the judicial system, where many of the judges were themselves, slave owners….dont ASSume…Ethiopian history is well documented n not ongle from the European view….case in point the Ethiopian Bible….it no leff out chapters weh Europeans found neccesary to avoid n ‘delete’ from dere printing of di Bible…visit Ethiopia in September to experience the Meskel Square celebration….

[@daniyalbbd5281]

$10 says that you never met anyone 😂😂😂

[@littlebrookreader949]

Your comment section is wonderful. What an education from people who were there and remember. I am highly grateful for their knowledge. (From Mississippi)

[@JohnDoe-pd4jo]

I like people like you

[@Raspectras]

Who ever titled this thing is entirely a wrongful blasphemer.

[@thepipedreamer89]

Great documentary... now we want to hear Mengistu Haile Mariam and how he ended up living in Harare🇿🇼

[@williegitau6680]

That documentary is already available

[@thepipedreamer89]

@@williegitau6680 oooh will definitely check it out. Thanks!

[@ulrichharoldsouvenir1267]

HAILE SELASSIE KORAN IN HARAR ETHIOPIE TOBIA AL HABESHA IS H.I.M MELCHEZIDEK IS H.I.M PRESTOR JOHN IS H.I.M AND DAVID WILL BEAT GO LIE ATH

[@messayabebe7970]

He is the reason modern Ethiopia is in shambles

[@DonaldG-qq4ol]

Great history lesson. In the u.s. of america we're not taught enough about of African history yet Africa is the center of the world and will be the savior of all nations. Thank you for sharing.

[@ulrichharoldsouvenir1267]

4CORNERS HAILE SELASSIE AFRIKA H.I.M HIS CHILDREN HIS CHILDREN ARE KHAN CHAN KINGS AND QUEENS SUPPO SED LY AMAIN JAH

[@elijahgiter9559]

Savior of all nations? Come on my friend, I don't think there is a single stable government in Africa... not sure there's been one since?... I don't know... um, maybe the Mali empire? Africa seems to be the definition of instability and despotism. The governments are more concerned about making themselves rich more than the people or countries they are ruling. Genocide, enslavement and general distrust and hatred among the countries makes Africa a joke pretty much around the world. Africa is the last place that will save the world. And BTW some pretty big wars are on the horizon in Africa. Egypt and Sudan against Ethiopia, the Congo against just about everyone. Numerous civil wars in west Africa. Largest AIDS crisis in the world, oh and most countries can't even feed its own people. I could go on but I'd be writing for days. I'm sorry my friend but I don't see your vision becoming a reality any time soon.

[@connorholt6965]

Well a fake American how about that. Every true American knows that the USA is the center of the world. 😂 not really I’m just joking.

[@kwabenatree]

Even Africans are taught not enough about of African history. Is all politics. If you want to learn about history. There many way to find the True.

[@DonaldG-qq4ol]

@@VHARDJO Western nations want to continue control of African nations resources which is coming to an end. There's much to consider even the elements of Nature and what the eyes cannot see.

[@lv4977]

🦁 I once met a very interesting old man who was an officer in the Turkish Navy. He told me about a time when H.I.M came on board his ship and how generous he was. He handed out gold coins to the sailors on the ship. Everyone respected him very much. ❤❤❤

[@Cancan2020]

Shame he didn't handout food to his starving people or report to the world that his people were starving to death and needed assistance. Instead hundreds of thousands of people had died in Wolo and Tigray. THIS WAS ONE FACTOR OF MANY HAD CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEMISE.

[@quanncole6753]

@lv4977 There was an Ethiopian friend of mine YEARS AGO TOLD Me that He would go into the POOR NEIGHBORHOOD and Throw BREAD at THEM like you FEEDING DOGS He is not GOD JESUS CHRIST did not BEHAVE LIKE THAT pls do your RESEARCH ( at the time of his death) He was WORTH 27 BILLION DOLLARS

[@barringtonbrown7152]

Was the famine hidden from ?

[@debracambridge5460]

​@@barringtonbrown7152blessed love ❤ 😍 💖 ❣ 💕 💘 blessed 🤴 👑 🦁 king of all kings 🤴 😊😊

[@BW-fz5kf]

@@Cancan2020 H.I.M didn't know about the famine in Wollo. Dejazmatch Legesse Buzu and H.I.H Asfa Wossen hid it from the Emperor until 1973. The stress of this news finally reaching H.I.M gave Asfa Wossen a stroke.

[@actionjamaicaja]

Powerful King of king 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💚💛❤️

[@matimus100]

He's a puppet

[@No_Frills_Carnivore]

He was a man. Not God.

[@booblam6919]

Greetings....if someone born on March 29....would you say they are from the tribe of Benjamin?.

[@tsegaberhane8690]

My elderly parents still remember him when he was a king and always say that he was yhe best leader

[@bugzyhardrada3168]

How was he the best leader?

[@Keke-bc8rw]

he was criminal he jailed my father remember that he kills lotf people he died like dog 🐶 because he deserved that if was good u think 🤔 he dies like dog ?

[@jackieclan815]

​@@bugzyhardrada3168he is a truly polarizing figure

[@westyraviz]

Your parents were probably Ethiopian elite.

[@jackieclan815]

@@westyraviz makes sense

[@DEONTEFORD]

I don’t man. While I think this is all very tragic I still think that there is more to his overthrow than what is told to us.

[@endtimescrucialinfo]

Ethiopia was infiltrated by communism, as was Russia after separating from the true Church of God. There are spiritual reasons for the fall. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXS4g3eJh99pepI

[@thenowchurch6419]

You are very right about that my friend. Che Guevara and his team from Cuba are rumored to have been involved in the plot.

[@lv4977]

Yes, I agree with you. Whenever I smell a rat in history it usually leads me to the Vatican 😮

[@endtimescrucialinfo]

@@lv4977 That's a ignorant & arrogant comment. People who say things like that usually know basically nothing about Catholic history. There would be no Bible today without the Catholic Church. The Vatican II sect under Antipope Francis is not the Catholic Church. The traditional Catholic faith is necessary for salvation. This video contains crucial information on what is truly going on at the Vatican. Apocalypse Now in the Vatican kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2GVpIF-h7N_ec0

[@thenowchurch6419]

@@lv4977 I have never heard that angle on this situation but if I saw some evidence I would not be surprised.

[@nightdragonx123]

Gosh, i just fell in love with this channel over the last five days. I started with your video on (i believe one of the three leaders of Egypt) and ive gone in and out of watching a video or two ever since. Love from an American

[@GaMeOvEr12454]

Imagine if schools taught the teachings of Selassie and similar leaders? We would have such a mindful generation

[@nomamda2627]

It would not be mindful

[@Ronnell-py1jn]

P⁰⁰

[@damionnelson3349]

You must be a nimcompoop to say this foolishness. Selassie was a devil to black people

[@rasempress9724]

‘Give us the teachings of his majesty For we no want no devil philosophy Let me tell ya this generation gap So feel this drumbeat I tell you what it's beating within Feel you heart playing a rythmn’

[@rodwellkennedy4703]

Facts

[@trinitodbone]

SELASSIE CAN NEVER FALL

[@JAMUSA2018]

Any man that set foot on this planet will fall, whether by man or natural cause. Nothing or no one can reign forever

[@EritreaShaebia-gy7yy]

He fell alright & was buried under the toilet of his bathroom of his palace by Mengistu. His son will never be of any relevance in Ethiopia. Shaebia defeated Mengistu & he fled to Zimbabwe where he is today. Eritrea claimed independence after haileselassie annexed Eritrea we fought 30 years & reclaimed our Independence.

[@buddhatobe1]

except that he did

[@pure1239]

​@@JAMUSA2018 That's what you think !! . Go read your bible

[@keshawnarchibald3930]

Exactly str8 bs story he dissappeared they never kill him smfh

[@damianmccoy6128]

I’m so glad I’ve found your channel. I’ve learnt so much already after watching several videos in a row and I look forward to watching more in your back catalogue. It’s opened my eyes to things I new very little about. Thank you!

[@Orion2525]

It's a shame the Solomonic dynasty isnt reinstated in a figurehead capacity. The are still members of the Selassie family alive today. Of course Ethiopians may feel differently.

[@EritreaShaebia-gy7yy]

Monarcy should be abolished worldwide, but some foreigner is asking the Ethiopians to throw away their system of governance & install the kings family wherever they are, as if they have skills required to lead a government.

[@StockyDude]

A monarchy, even a figurehead monarchy with no real power, is expensive to maintain.

[@adolphCat]

How dare any people reject their own Anointed Prince? Why shouldn't the Princely House of Ethiopia recognized as Head of Government a Monarch of the House of Solomon what an honor! No, European House comes from such an August Line!

[@EritreaShaebia-gy7yy]

@@adolphCat let the Ethiopians decide not foreigners

[@adolphCat]

@@EritreaShaebia-gy7yy Sure, let Ethiopians honor their own Anointed Princes and not Oligarchs established by West in support of Democracy and Total Government to glorify the Western Powers!

[@questor5189]

Tragic, truly tragic. Legend has it, that Haille Sellasie was a descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. He once gave an outstanding speech on equality before the United Nations General Assembly in 1963. Had he exercised greater flexibility in his policy making decisions, and granted student protesters a greater voice in government, much strife could have been averted. Governments must change with the times, and progress is inevitable in every democratic society. Do Leaders of today have the courage to adapt and implement fresh ideas, and advances in economics, technology, and sociology?

[@rasempress9724]

H.I.M. Haile Selassie is STILL highly respected and loved by MILLIONS…we Jamaicans n we Rastafarians honour his memory everyday

[@JudahCub1981]

It’s easier to admire a house from the outside.

[@psychologicalsigma9917]

Rasta rapper illuminaticongo mentions this legend often!

[@seanh.5588]

Rastafarians worship him for their own reasons, Jamaicans as a whole do not. Do not try to speak for "we Jamaicans"

[@rasempress9724]

@@JudahCub1981 we admire his foresight..sans H.I.M., Ethiopia’s emergence as a directional force in the Unity of the Continent would have not happened at the transitional time it did…irony is that sans his push re education, the forces that rose up against him would have never been birthed….we in Jamaica , have NEVER JUST admired Africa from the outside…our people have produced lawyers who went to the Continent to defend emerging homegrown keaders in the INDEPENDENCE fervour that swept the Continent…case in point, the Mau Mau trials , for one…we alligned with the PAN-AFRICAN MOVEMENT….Jamaica boycotted Ian Smith n Rhodesia, boycotted South Africa etc, n raised the rhetoric against such regimes , longgggg before the supposed first world nations …..all men r fallible , and aging shows that truth….H.I.M. was just a man, as he told we Rastas..he denied divinity, reinforcing that he was a believer in God n JC, n not the latter, incarnate…..as one ages , one relies on those around, who u think , hope n pray have been imbued with the ideals n vision that u have shown….sadly, ‘man to man is so unjust, u don’t know who to trust’….a truism that Bob Marley included in one of his many songs…memba dat HIM abolished slavery in Ethiopia…n in doing so he went against the powerful judges etc, who themselves were slave holders n blocked the attempts of people to leave said servitude….N how did the Maxist Regime fair in comparison to the achievements wrought by H.I.M….”executed thousands of their political opponents, and aligned themselves with the Soviet Union….War with Somalia and severe droughts during the 1980s brought famine to the Ethiopian people, leading to considerable internal strife….as H.I.M. said, “Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others. The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations”. ….

[@rasempress9724]

@@seanh.5588 lol…ah sah…note that u introduced the ‘worship’…I, said, n am a Ras n a ‘bawn’ Jamaican , that we ‘honour his memory….he is highly respected n is loved by MILLIONS…goes widdout saying dat many within our 2.5million population contribute to the continued respect for the achievements H.I.M. wrought , as do others worldwide….like Bob sang, “The stone that the builder refuse, will always be the head cornerstone”…..Bob, who was rejected by Jamaicans, is NOW on the lips of all…Rasta n its culture is part of Jcan marketing in our tourism market…REGGAE music, the result of the undermined n excluded is NOW embraced above Clock Tower in Ja, not to mention the world…finally, H.I.M. himself rejected the Rastafarian depiction of him as a deity….he , however, in 1948 seemingly embraced THEIR CAUSE by donating 500 acres to the development of an Ethiopian community named Shashamane…..frankly, I find it laughable that Jcans seemingly worship their familial ties to our 2 political parties…n by extension, the political leaders, most of whom have become very ‘rich n den switch’

[@AbyssiniaProductions]

You forgot to mention the most obvious and important fact of them all; Ethiopia has descended into absolute chaos since the absolute monarch's death. Make of it what you will but he was one of the if not the greatest emperors in history.

[@seanoconnor1478]

To say greatest emperor in history is absurd...🙄

[@lv4977]

🦁 H.I.M. reminds me of Moses in a lot of ways. One way is how God blessed his people so many times but yet the people turned on Moses time and times again 🦁

[@buddhatobe1]

sure blessed them with a nice famine, starvation, violence, and corruption

[@lv4977]

@@buddhatobe1😉 you can't blame that on God my friend that's a result of disobedience and a turning away from God and his laws. Ethiopia was once a Christian nation.Here's a another thing to think about America. She has turned from God also in these last days, just imagine what's instore for America's future. I don't think it's going to be pretty 🦁

[@buddhatobe1]

@@lv4977 why not?

[@naquonclayton8002]

They related

[@arieszona]

​@@buddhatobe1is that all you have to say? You got nothing

[@douglaskachiza738]

Happy to see the picture of him with great african leaders,among them my great Kenneth Kaunda❤🎉

[@hannayilma-aviram2924]

God Bless Ethiopia who is in war with herself. I take pride of my Ethiopian heritage but do not understand why people of this great country can not rise above pettiness and disunity and restore a dignified, ONE NATION. 😢 Ethiopia I pray for your peace and prosperity so that you may be restored to dignity and greatness.

[@RAS_DNA]

Kedamawi Hayl Selasse is love.

[@eunicemurray8482]

I was one of the first set of students to go to the school he funded i went there in 1969

[@BW-fz5kf]

Why did you guys destroy our country and turn Ethiopians into expats? Why did you bite the hand that fed you?

[@littlebrookreader949]

I remember talk of his lineage to King Solomon and The Queen Of Sheba. This was not mentioned in your presentation. This is the first I have heard of the turmoil that surrounded his reign. Well done! Thank you. Although I never watched The Game Of Thrones, I know what the title implies. It is a reality for the ages and consumes all cultures. It consumes people and their leaders. It destroys great and small alike. Thanks again. 👍👍

[@ayyotube5224]

All fake

[@rodneygillard-op9lp]

He has absolutely no linage with king Solomon,are you MAD??

[@rickflash91]

He is the descendent and tribe of Queen of Sheba. What is he talking about? All fake terrible wow and educated people are specially what’s the new Europeans?

[@rickflash91]

She’s like his great great grandmother, and she’s mentioned in the Quran

[@rinzo2009]

It's either you die young as the hero or live long enough to become the villain. Emperor Selassie should have stepped down when the ovation was still audible.

[@thenowchurch6419]

Nonsense. The upstarts just had to wait for nature to take its course on an 82 year old man, and then pursue whatever new course while honoring the Father of Modern Africa.

[@rinzo2009]

@@thenowchurch6419 And that's the bone of contention. Do we have to sit on the throne until we get wheeled out in a box? While not step aside while our two legs (with the optional walking stick) can still carry us?

[@thenowchurch6419]

@@rinzo2009 That was a decision to be made based on the peculiar situation of the time. You may assume that it was a decision based on vanity and power but I do not. Who would have been right to hand power over to ? Seeing that the Emperor really did not think his son was fit to continue the monarchy, the Derg could have waited for his demise to take over.

[@fredm.2699]

It’s hard to step down when the lineage of emperors goes as far back as king Solomon…maybe that’s not true but the point is that stepping down would never hv been an option….the emperor of Japan can’t step down either….he just can’t…

[@rinzo2009]

@@fredm.2699 You may have a valid point. However, the Japanese Emperor is more/less a figurehead ruler now. If Emperor Selassie had taken this route, maybe his fate wouldn't have been so grotesque.

[@neftalemfikre8122]

This is the best recap of history I have ever seen. Thanks .jus amazing

[@Rudero3]

I adore the old video and photos you got for this, like with Emperor Haile Selassie's coronation and his official portrait in the ancient Ethiopian garments. I hated how he adopted European uniforms as his reign went on, I get it for military matters, sure, fine. I think this is a problem, not just for Ethiopia, but all the world, Western/European style of dress has destroyed native styles so hard. Some cling to it, like the Saudis and others keep only a portion, like Mobutu's leopard skin hat....that he wore atop his European style suit. Western world leaders look like lawyers and CEOs, not actual world leaders. Sorry, had to be vocal about that. And I love the video, as all your videos are amazing, this is a wonderful addition.

[@greyfells2829]

I'm a European and I agree. China is the best example, they have such deep and ancient culture, they are very patriotic, but they still just copy us. I would respect them much more if they kept traditional styles and invented their own fashions.

[@thenowchurch6419]

Interesting point. I consider that the state of the art in military wear was Euro-Anglo-American and the King felt he had good reason to display that he was still on the war path against injustice, colonialism, neo-colonialism and racism among other things. On certain special Ethiopian occasions he would still wear the native garb.

[@Lord_God__]

European doesn’t automatically mean Caucasian

[@outerspace7391]

​@@greyfells2829the Chinese uniform you see was created by Chinese, their uniform is not western

[@notyourtypicalcomment2399]

Who cares abt how the leaders dress, if the ppl of the country are suffering what does it matter? ppl are a bit too image obsessed. Matter a fact it’s worst if they are in African styles it just shows African leaders don’t care abt their own.

[@alanfenick1103]

I was stationed at Kagnew Station in 1963 just after the dissolving of the Federation. The local response was negative as he Eritreans had aspirations of future independence. Anger, hostility was evident, but subdued initially until the suppression by the Ethiopian security services. There seemed to be some resistance to the use of armed force initially, but the suppression became more aggressive forcing the move to insurrection. It took close to 30 years to achieve independence. It is a shame that after attaining independence the government became more and more resistant to elections and began one of the most repressive governments in the world on par with North Korea. The dream of freedom remains for both the diaspora and the general population, though ruthlessly suppressed.

[@hubertbailey2225]

History is proof that if you are not Black, you will not rule an African Black man very long. Those colonial centuries are over. In the late 70’s while in New York City l found out about the history of Ethiopia. Those that rule were mixed with Arabs blood and they enslaved the native Blacks. That changed how many looked at it. To this very day it is a racist country. No other culture must rule Black Africa, and slowly they will all run back to Asia where they came from. The beast is known by their mane on their head. All of them are envious of our Blackness why they hate us. They are not 100% human.

[@ptseti]

Solid video. A perfect example to all leaders is that once you let go of governing the people and establishing justice for all, your time is limited!

[@robayohannes5331]

Great work. I didn't hear anything about "Land to the tiller!" movement here. In Haile Selassie's feudal empire, the State and the Church owned 2/3 of the countries land. 1/3 each. It was the number one mobilizer of the impoverished farmers that had to pay 2/3 to 3/4 of their produce to the wealthy state and church. Haile Selassie refused land reform and one of the very first act of his successor (Mengistu) was land reform.

[@JahRastafari89]

"The Emperor has made a number of public pronouncements about land reform, one of the most forthright in 1961: 'The fundamental obstacle to the full realisation of the full measure of Ethiopia's agricultural potential has been, simply stated, lack of security in the land. The fruits of the farmer's labour must be enjoyed by him whose toil has produced the crop. The essence of land reform is, that while fully respecting the principle of private ownership, that landless people must have the opportunity to possess their own land, that the position of tenant farmers must be improved, and that the system of taxation applying to land holdings must be the same for all. It is our aim that every Ethiopian should own his own land, in implementation of this principle.' Speech to the joint session of Parliament on the thirty-first anniversary of the coronation-2 November 1961." Gilkes, Patrick. The Dying Lion: Feudalism and Modernization in Ethiopia, The Garden City Press Limited, Great Britain, 1977, p. 70. "An initial land-reform bill, regulating relationships between landowners and tenant farmers, has been locked in Parliament for almost a year, where it is running into stiff opposition from ultraconservative elements hostile to any change in the land-tenure system. The Emperor coupled his announcement of the new measures with a plea for swift passage of all three bills. He also seemed to be chiding Parliament for its failure to act on the first draft law. 'The Ethiopian people,' the Emperor said, 'are members of one closely knit family. In these circumstances, it is neither fair nor legitimate for the interest of one group of this great family to be promoted at the expense of another. In your deliberations therefore, you as members of Parliament should always be guided by the fundamental principle that all should have a fair and equitable shake of the wealth and natural resources of the country, in accordance with their individual labor and toil.'" New York Times, November 4, 1971, p. 3.

[@robayohannes5331]

@@JahRastafari89 Oh wow. This is a well researched and referenced response. Thanks for taking the time to respond. I am used to getting insults or cheers for my comments - both have no actual value. This is different. I guess things are more complex than they appear. What I learned from your comment is that the conflict wasn't only between the state and the church on the one hand and the students and peasants on the other. There was conflict within the state, within the church, within the students, and within the peasants and possibly between the various groupings. I can see how Haile Selassie - the elect of God, the lion of Judah - with all his powers failed to pass land reform despite his good will. There would be a lot of powerful folks in his power base that stand to loose a lot of wealth. And for those of us in the south, we still had recent memory of when we owned our own land before being colonized by Menelik. We had recent memory of when the church and a state we didn't recognize claimed ownership over our ancestral lands and required us pay 2/3 to 3/4 of our produce as tax. Thereby transforming us from persons to subjects overnight. Various movements were beginning to form in the south just as the Eritrean movements were beginning in the North. Either way, it looks like he was between a rock and a hard place. For those in his power circle, the loss of all that wealth was unimaginable. For his subjects, their living condition was intolerable. I am glad the powers lost rather than the subjects. After-all despite whatever goodwill H.S. had, the power to actually change rested with those in power.

[@hailehaile9336]

No, not 2/3. First of all, "Land to the Tiller" was not even an issue in much of Northern Ethiopia. Secondly, unlike what term implies, the Derg's MERET LARASHU proclamation did NOT make farmers land owners . It made the STATE the owner.

[@JahRastafari89]

@@hailehaile9336 To be fair, "inability to implement meaningful land reform perpetuated a system in which aristocrats and the church owned most of the farmland and in which most farmers were tenants who had to provide as much as 50 percent of their crops as rent." Ofcansky, Thomas P., Ethiopia A Country Study, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., 1993, p. 163.

[@hailehaile9336]

That was closer to the truth in Southern Ethiopia than it was in the north. Most farmers in northern Ethiopia were landowners. Regarding the South please note that Emperor Haile Selassie repeatedly submitted a "Land ownership for Tenants" proposal but that proposal never passed the Lower House of Parliament (whose members were elected by the people, including tenants). Even tenants, elected landowners instead of fellow tenants (likely because they looked up to landowners).

[@heinzdelf]

Good Work 👍 👍 👍... Remember to keep as impartial in your delivery as possible, especially when discussing HISTORY.. 👏 ✌️ 👏

[@aboubacardoucoure9676]

The only king of king ❤❤❤

[@buddhatobe1]

fool of fools

[@aboubacardoucoure9676]

@@buddhatobe1 blessings love ❤️

[@kinguche9208]

Megistu was even brutal than Salassie. Darg was actually formed by Salasie and the darg he formed are him up

[@jacqulinegayle706]

It is good for us to learn what we did not know, wonderful,👍

[@muckadackalmathew9889]

I had an opportunity to see him when he came to Kerala to lay the foundation stone of MA College of Engineering. When I visited Ethiopia in 1976 , he was disposed and Mangishtu Miriam took over the Presidency. He escaped with the loot to Zimbabwe later. Emperor was a good leader who organised All Africa Unity, and worked hard for liberation of Africa and Unity of Independent African Countries !

[@beresfordforbes]

Careless Ethiopia 🇪🇹 shall lead astray strong delusions wolf in sheep clothing, Africa 🌍 🇪🇹 unite in Emanuel unconditional love him for us who can be against us.

[@ThePeoplesUN]

This was so well done and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

[@derin111]

That photograph at 0.25 is AMAZING! Absolute giants of 20th Century history! 😮

[@ulrichharoldsouvenir1267]

HAILE SELASSIE AND QUEEN MOTHER MENEN

[@MegaTang1234]

Haile Selassie is probably what happens when a 18th century enlightened absolute monarch is brought to the modern era. He did everything right from his POV he was playing the wrong game.

[@thenowchurch6419]

No, you misjudge him. He was always a progressive who had to balance with the powerful forces of feudalism and tradition. He is the one who brought Ethiopia into the modern world, it is just some of the younger generations that he arranged to be educated could not wait for his leaving the throne through natural causes and jumped to depose an 80 year old monarch and patriot, who had benefited and saved the nation in many ways. He signed bills that gradually reduced his own power and those of the feudal lords. Ungratefulness is a terrible thing.

[@ulrichharoldsouvenir1267]

PUNISHMENT FOR ALL WOE UNTO DEM WHO GO AGAINST H.I.M H.R.M

[@ulrichharoldsouvenir1267]

NO ONE CAN JUDGE JAH ONLY HELP H. I. M. HAILE SELASSIE REPENT OLL ALL HIS CHILDREN MOTHER SHEOLL I AM IAM RAS TAFARI FATHER

[@ananmai8700]

IF someone Poison there very OWNED Queen a month AFTER he made a coup to OVERTHROW Menelik II Daughter, how in YOUR right mind would you call tragic fall????? Did Ras Tafari, was a regent then he & the leader of the Christianity Poison the Queen to seek Power, Ras Tafari was NEVER a Prince, how he gets to become King???? FIRST have to be a Prince, Prince father supposed to be a King THAT NEVER happened, Ras Tafari call himself King, NEVER was a DIRECT descendant of Menelik II, He Poison Menelik II, Daughter to covet the THRONE.

[@OutletR]

The most rubish thing you could say, 18th century, i have never seen an 18th century creating a democratic constitution especially in Africa.

[@JahRastafari89]

6:40 In 1962 "General Abiy returned to Asmera having accomplished his mission of getting the Emperor’s approval of the proposal, apparently as the Eritrean leaders wanted. Parliament was to meet on 15 November 1962. Unusually members of foreign consulates and other dignitaries were invited to attend the session without being told why. So, everyone was curious and the air was filled with all kinds of speculation. Surprisingly, it appears that nothing leaked from parliament or the cabinet as to what was about to transpire. The Eritrean parliament was decorated profusely with the Ethiopian tricolor, and the atmosphere was decidedly celebratory. As the meeting was about to commence around 10 am, Deputy Speaker Demetros kept looking at his watch and glancing at the entrance of parliament and was seen to be anxious about something. Sure enough, there was a glitch to the proceedings. While sixty-seven parliamentarians had taken up their seats, the President or parliamentary Speaker Dejazmach Hamid Fereed Hamid did not arrive. But, around 10:30 am a piece of paper was seen circulating among the members of parliament. It was a signed note from the Speaker that said, 'Allah is my witness; I am very ill and I have very high fever and so cannot be among you. Still, I am with you today as I was yesterday…' With that, Deputy Speaker Demetros took the Speaker’s seat at 11 o’clock and asked Chief Administrator to address parliament. There was a long applause after which Fitawrari Asfaha spoke on the checkered past of the federation years and on his decision to ask parliament to terminate it forthwith and to declare that 'as of that moment, we (the Eritrean people) have been united with our motherland Ethiopia under one and the same administration.' The resolution was approved by acclamation without objection. Author Zewde, who was in the hall witnessing what was happening, describes vividly the spontaneous unbridled sense of happiness exuding in the hall as the clapping, the kissing and hugging and the cries of joy continued for a long time. Parliament immediately made a formal request to the Emperor to approve its decision to dismantle the federation and opt for outright union. Of course, as indicated above the Emperor had already done so discretely. Now he just had to make a pro forma declaration, which he did promptly. He telegraphed his approval saying in part: '…Taking into account the shortcomings of the federation which operated for the past ten years, We appreciate and approve the decision made by the deputies and submitted to Us; with complete unity, it should be possible to accelerate development of the Eritrean people together with their kith and kin in the rest of Ethiopia.' Secessionist and revisionist ‘storiography’ has managed to hoodwink the world and, for that matter even Ethiopians-Eritreans that the act of dismantling the federation just adumbrated above, was done under duress with the parliament having been surrounded by tanks and heavy firepower. Inasmuch as the author was there at the scene since November 14, and he says that '…on that day (15 November 1962) there were not even an inordinate number of local police with pistols, let alone tanks in the vicinity of parliament.' For the next three days Eritreans descended on Asmera from all corners of the region to celebrate the occasion. Likewise, in Addis Ababa, the Emperor received countless accolades and felicitations from his subjects and outsiders. One historical footnote worth mentioning here is that Foreign Minister Aklilou did not approve of the development, and he did not even offer perfunctory congratulations to the political engineers in Asmera, nor did he express glee in Addis Ababa. The Emperor, who was reputed to have a phenomenal memory--must have recalled what he had told his Foreign minister earlier on that '…he will be made to witness it…'(i.e., the end of the federation). The simple, accurate and unadulterated statement on the unmaking of the Ethiopian-Eritrean federation is, for instance, that of Dr. Tekeste Negash who, in his latest book, (Eritrea and Ethiopia: The Federal Experience, 1977) wrote: 'On November 15, 1962 the Eritrean Assembly voted to dissolve the federation and unite Eritrea with the Ethiopian empire.' Oh, but how consternated secessionists and their sycophants have been to say or admit to this verity. In the conclusion to his 1964 thesis cited earlier, Dr Amare Tekle (now one of Eritrea’s ‘trouble shooters’) even went so far as to say that 'Ethiopia should not be criticized' for actions related to the dissolution of the federation, 'since they were not the products of malevolence.' In what Americans call ‘Monday morning quarterbacking’ style, he adds, 'One may even speculate that the solution of the General Assembly might have provided the necessary and relatively smooth transition into inevitable union. Assuming that union had been regarded as inevitable…would it not have been better for the General Assembly to adopt and recommend the Norwegian delegation’s recommendation for an immediate and unconditional union of Eritrea with Ethiopia?'" Ayele, Negussay. “In Search of the Historical DNA of the Eritrean Problem Review Article on The Eritrean Affair (1941-1963) by Ambassador Zewde Retta.” _Ethiopians,_ 18 November 2000, Accessed 8 March 2022. 11:22 “On his eightieth birthday Haile Selassie not only pardoned 483 prisoners who had been charged with theft, looting or murder but he also ordered that all the gifts he had received for the occasion be estimated, sold at auction and donated to charity. However it was suggested that the items had significant historical value and should be preserved in a museum as a symbol of pride, wealth, and heritage; as a memory for the Ethiopian people. His Majesty eventually agreed and a committee was formed which carefully itemized and estimated the total value of all the gifts and donations of bronze, diamonds, parchment paper, engraved marble etc. to be valued at about $80 million Ethiopian birr which was equivalent to $35 million U.S. dollars in 1972. The committee’s appraisal of the gifts received has been misconstrued as the amount spent on the celebration. As a result the Emperor has been wrongfully accused of excessive spending for the event.” Vukotic, Petar. “The Truth About Haile Selassie's Legacy.” _Rastafari_ _Coalition,_ 8 July 2022. 19:36 "Documented correspondences and reports prove that government officials were aware of the famine as early as August 1971 yet they guarded the Emperor from the information well into 1973 and beyond. 'In their desire not to displease the Emperor, the Ministers often presented the problem of famine with extreme caution and understatement.' In 1957 the Emperor had established a maximum sentence of ten years rigorous imprisonment and strict confinement for anyone who creates distress or famine intentionally or through neglect of his obligations. The misconstrued overestimation of the cost of His Majesty’s eightieth birthday celebration in conjunction with accusations about his alleged indifference and supposed negative attitude towards famine victims is nothing more than just another falsified myth about the Emperor." Vukotic, Petar. “The Truth About Haile Selassie's Legacy.” _Rastafari_ _Coalition,_ 8 July 2022.

[@someone-ov5ko]

When the Eritreans voted if they wanted independence or not 70% said that they wanted independence. Most of the people that didn't vote for independence had to, otherwise they would be killed. It was only the ortodox church that wanted the federation. Everyone else was against it after the British colonisation.

[@rastignac30]

Soviet union and internal corruption killed a country that could be one of the greatest countries in Africa.

[@BLOCKBOI3RD]

Facts

[@gagibakija4825]

Russian have always helped Africans, south Americans and Asians fight imperialism

[@quinnard9750]

clearly your ignorant and love american imperialism and capitalism lmao.

[@Ffiffijs]

@@gagibakija4825Russians didn’t control the Soviet Union. After the death of the czar they became counter revolutionaries

[@petebondurant58]

@@gagibakija4825 Supporting Mengistu helped Africans?

[@DunstanStLuce]

Man can be fickle. Rulers should sense when it's over for them and retire when things have not gotten out of control.

[@sidmohammedsaeedibrahim4957]

The Emperor, King Salaee the Great; The return of the Empire...

[@sangaredaouda1347]

Une grande figure de Histoire Contemporary watching From America 🇺🇸

[@christopping5876]

Another cracking video. Thank you.

[@wendellmatthews3596]

Long live the king of kings. With no apology.

[@tonyp7528]

Only God is the King of Kings!!!

[@bobizes2892]

​*So much to know...more study & research necessary...I.N.R.I...*

[@kamariebirdman5330]

​@tonyp7528 he's most rasta man god can't tell most of them differently 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@tonyp7528]

@@kamariebirdman5330 God can tell everybody differently to the hair!

[@kamariebirdman5330]

@@tonyp7528 true

[@thenewmayorofcrazytown7392]

Amazing visuals! Would love something from Somalia around the same time.

[@bigsmoke4568]

There's a very good documentary about Siad Barre on this channel, his rule coincided with the events discussed in this video

[@jvarella01]

much apperciated

[@sangaredaouda1347]

Members 1 Selassie Hailie watching From America 🇺🇸 Rest In Peace watching From America 🇺🇸

[@aped]

Ethiopian college students in the 60s-70s were a perfect example of people having some book smarts but no common sense.

[@bobcosmic]

I didn't know you was a carpenter. You nailed it.

[@tbando2253]

Bro u have to understand Ethiopia is an empire it’s not a kingdom like England. 70% of the country couldn’t care less about hailie sellasie since he isn’t from their ethnic group or religion. Ethiopia expanded into what it is today in the late 1800s and early 1900s a person from eastern Ethiopia or Eritrea couldn’t careless about the monarch’s they see them as colonizers worse than Britain. Ethiopia was destined to fall

[@aped]

@@tbando2253 he was a stabilizing force. When you have so many ethnic groups with no unity you run into problems as we’re seeing today. Also they got rid of him for Marxists, not a good move.

[@BLOCKBOI3RD]

​@@tbando2253Now that's a better way to look at it. It was multiple tribes being ruled by someone who is not of their tribe. You are bound to have a lot of problems.

[@Curiousviewer22]

@@tbando2253 That expansion could be said of Great Britain as well. I think events since 1074 have served to make all the students and thought leades think of them selves as Ethiopians. It is a work in progress. All African countries are comprised of multiple ethnicities. They are learning to understand the concept of nationhood.

[@anthonylogan5088]

Absolute power corrupts, this happens to our so called leaders ,

[@oilguygamer1744]

Great research, although slightly flawed. but well done. good stuff.

[@hiphopvirgins4552]

Beautiful background music

[@kcism3239]

I was born in 75 and only heard his name and his rank up until 2023. Now I believe he was executed without trial and not given a formal 🤔. When chickens come home to 🐓 the world will miss H.I.M. ❤

[@user-bp8ul1ni9p]

Just as they did the first christ.

[@lensviewbykaushik]

The fantastic video. But back ground music is disturbing the narration

[@eduaardofidelis1510]

Simply thank you!

[@gideonmoseri4850]

Haile Selassie was a great leader but he had weaknesses like invasion of Eritrea and tribalism in ethiopia this led to his downfall

[@robal5788]

His grandson Zera Yacob is the last emperor in exil...

[@newnewdavis2651]

He has strong genes cause Nipsey Hussle and brother Black Sam looks just like him❤

[@keepitsosimple]

Nip is from Eritrea 😭

[@gagoomt4076]

@@keepitsosimplesame racial group (Habesha) stop being delusional

[@GumboCityRell]

Looks like an Arab to me 🤷🏾‍♂️, I see no black king

[@charleskaberere8322]

Here in Kenya we Love and think Highly of HIM Haile Selasie, He was quite visionary by forming AU to unite Africa as one. The coup and his elimination really affected our First President Jomo Kenyatta was a great personal friend that he dispatched a special intelligent team to check and report back to him, he never wanted to hear about Mengistu who killed his best friend. Four years later HE Jomo Kenyatta passed on due to health condition. But the good treaties between Kenya and Ethiopia remain as signed by the two Leaders.

[@admirald2680]

Superb video, well done 👏

[@susanjones7343]

Emperor selasie was the last true descendent of king Solomon

[@daniel_sc1024]

There is no credible evidence of that. The Solomonic Dynasty dates to 1270, when Yekuno Amlak overthrew the Zagwe dynasty. The story of descending from Solomon was probably created to legitimize Yekuno's rule.

[@lashunnalove8336]

​@@daniel_sc1024DNA tells all

[@daniel_sc1024]

@@lashunnalove8336 King Solomon lived over 3000 years ago, and we do not have his remains, so there is no way of having his DNA.

[@user-bp8ul1ni9p]

His spirit is now rowing all over Africa and the world. He is living today like never before. Love from Jamaica 🇯🇲

[@Messiah-vi9mk]

He’s not god!!!😂

[@Vaumentili]

Nice video good job man

[@patricksmith3432]

Very informative

[@elchapojunior3091]

Sooooooo tragic, I truly feel so bad for a literal emperor. Won’t anybody in our cruel dark world think of the poor, oppressed emperors anymore

[@thenowchurch6419]

What? They mean that it was a tragic situation for the nation, not a pity party for the Emperor.

[@CARL_093]

from legacy to down fall there is a old saying if you do not adopt or catch up it will not going to be good and ignoring your subjects can cause a military take over

[@thenowchurch6419]

Blah blah blah. You do not know what you are talking about. Those are truisms that do not apply to the conditions in this case.

[@BertelFlynn-er5cv]

Great info

[@djchendy]

HE'S STILL ALIVE ✊🏾

[@filmherb]

Excellent job! Thank You for This!

[@AfricanBiographics]

You are welcome

[@raywest3834]

"More now on the Prime Minister's trip: Of the African leaders he met, one was Haile Selassie, three were fairly Selassie, and the rest weren't Selassie at all." - The Frost Report

[@carlforpresidentanthony4574]

fantastic video

[@3rdcarnet927]

Selassie was the the perfect PR Personnel for the British and America running the whole thing... Man always had a body language that said "I'm sorry, I was outsmarted big time.

[@johnchavula3282]

Nice one.... i also want to know the connection of Selassie and Rastafarianism

[@On_sale_now]

Rastafari is revelation. Except a man be born again he can't see the kingdom of God. . Ini believe and testify Selassie is God In the flesh. Some don't believe him as God but a prophet. Some say he is a gift , as he is from the root of David. So his knowledge and wisdom was interpreted and some made a lifestyle to it.. e.g Rastafari livity. There are many parts in the body of christ but Rastafari is always rejected bcz man can't humble to reason.. Rastafari is revelation. A monotheistic culture viewing God through the eyes of Ethiopia and prophecies of Marcus garvey. And melchezideck order.. Any spirit that confesseth that christ has come In the flesh is the spirit of God.. we Rastafari testify so.. Selassie I christ in his kingly character. Jah Ras Tafari Selassie the first. He is not dead.. the conquering lion from the tribe of judah. He is not dead as stated..those are lies, there's no proof of his death.. Only ascending, like disappearing for the appointed time..

[@ulrichharoldsouvenir1267]

JAH JAHAWA HAWA JAHWE JEHOVA HA EL

[@joanthomas6012]

I hear he was a great man and hearing it again from you so powerful🙏🙏👍

[@kamal171]

He was not a powerful he was just a Wicked small man

[@joanthomas6012]

@@kamal171 well I don't know only hear people say but I think its a great thing not to judge anyone not even your self it's so powerful and at peace with your self when each and every one make the change Bless you 🙏🙏

[@amadoujallow8407]

Wonderful stories as always

[@xhorxheetxeberria-td1hu]

What a sad ending to a great leader. 😪

[@deanl0]

Have you said a prayer to Jesus.. The One who really suffer for us all..

[@siphomogale779]

Great article, it doesn't end well for those who lead for a long time

[@tonyrusike7227]

Insightful thats bruv

[@ladusaid194]

He did his part though it ended badly ,he decieve the respect . he will be remembered,my his soul rest in peace

[@gebrumamooshgirmay4514]

I am Gebru Mamoosh Girmay and I was born during Haile-Selassie’s rule and a Catholic! Haile-Selassie is in Heaven with GOD! #13 🦁⚽️🧢🎸

[@StockyDude]

“I have heard of that idea. I also met certain Rastafarians. I told them clearly that I am a man, that I am mortal, and that I will be replaced by the oncoming generation, and that they should never make a mistake in assuming or pretending that a human being is emanated from a deity.” - Emperor Haile Selassie I respect Haile Selassie for being so down to Earth. You know Trump would’ve played along with the idea that he was a messiah. He would’ve basked in all that attention and worship.

[@Jalide]

There's some people in India that worship Trump as another incarnation of a deity and people here endearing call him god-emperor of mankind. What instance did Trump ever "played along with the idea" he was a messiah. This is all in your stupid TDS head. You watch too much Late Night talks shows.

[@crownchrist]

Which idea? What is Emanated/Emanation? Who “believes” in Reincarnation?

[@StockyDude]

@@crownchrist The idea he was talking about was the idea that he was a messiah. By “emanate” he meant that he was not the physical image of a deity. He was very clear that he did not believe what the Rastafarians believed about him.

[@Shay416]

​@deeznutz1948 this is extremely interesting...I gotta learn more

[@crownchrist]

@@StockyDude The interviewer said ‘millions believe’ (not just socall Rastafarians) that HIM is The REincarnation of Eyesus Cristos ..so, emanate/emanation doctrine is related to reincarnation…&… Tewehado does not teach reincarnation doctrine nor emanation philosophy!!

[@user-tw2ch7qr1v]

Blessings ❤❤❤❤❤❤😂blessed love 😍 one love 😍

[@maxk125]

Great video

[@np4029]

0:50 "As time went on, the Emperor could not adapt to new concepts." Pro tip: this is why you don't have absolutist rulers.

[@BLOCKBOI3RD]

Facts

[@yoladimmitt1980]

7😮

[@rafaelrichard8994]

H.I.M. Haile Selassie and the Empress Menen 4EVER ‼️

[@GumboCityRell]

I am a representation of a true black king this man looks like an Arab

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@brianhardy2502]

I really would like to know how he became such a powerful figure in the Rastafarian movement. I was hoping this video would have explored that connection a bit. I, for one, was stunned to find out at first that he was the emperor of an African country so far away and not Jamaica after hearing him shouted out so much by the likes of Bob Marley🤔

[@elleJay-mb4yn]

Same. Was looking for this comment before I posted something similar

[@BMWE90HQ]

Why is he called the first if there was no second?

[@casteddu6740]

Well he still was the first of his name, regardless of there being a second one or not

[@JahRastafari89]

From Wikipedia: "In some monarchies it is customary not to use an ordinal when there has been only one holder of that name. For example, Queen Victoria will not be called Victoria I unless there is a Victoria II. This tradition is applied in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway and the Netherlands. It was also applied in most of the former German monarchies and in Hungary. In Sweden, the practice is not consistent, as Sigismund and Adolf Frederick never have ordinals, whereas Frederick I often does. Other monarchies assign ordinals to monarchs even if they are the only ones of their name. This is a more recent invention and appears to have been done for the first time when Francis I of France issued testoons (silver coins) bearing the legend FRANCISCVS I DE. GR. FRANCORV. REX. This currently is the regular practice in Spain and Monaco (at least for Prince Albert I, as Princess Louise Hippolyte, who reigned 150 years earlier, does not appear to have used an ordinal). It was also applied in Brazil, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Montenegro, Portugal (where Kings Joseph, Louis and Charles are usually referred to as "Joseph I", "Louis I" and "Charles I" although there has not yet been any Joseph II, Louis II or Charles II, but Kings Denis, Edward, Sebastian and Henry are usually referred without the ordinal). The ordinal for King Juan Carlos I of Spain is used in both Spanish and English, but he is sometimes simply called King Juan Carlos of Spain in English. In Russia, use of "The First" ordinal started with Paul I of Russia. Before him, neither Anna of Russia nor Elizabeth of Russia had the "I" ordinal. In Ethiopia, Emperor Haile Selassie used the "I" ordinal (Ge'ez: ቀዳማዊ, qädamawi) although previous Ethiopian monarchs had not used it, and they are not referred as "the first" unless there were successors of the same name. The Catholic papacy used the ordinal I under Pope John Paul I, but early popes who are the only ones to have reigned under a certain name are not referred to as "the first" (for instance, Peter the Apostle; his immediate successor, Pope Linus, as well as Pope Anacletus, are referred to without an ordinal). The current Pope Francis has declined the use of an ordinal, but on the other hand, his Orthodox counterpart, Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, uses one, as does Aram I, the catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church. In Austria, Emperors Francis, Ferdinand, Francis Joseph and Charles all styled themselves as "the first" although all the only Emperors of Austria with those names. Three of those names were previously the names of Austrian Archdukes (the Archduchy of Austria was a state within the Holy Roman and the Austrian Empires), which makes three of these emperors Francis II, Ferdinand V, and Charles IV in their capacity as Archdukes. Francis Joseph was the first Austrian Archduke of that name. The use of "The First" ordinal is also common to self-proclaimed ephemeral "kings" or "emperors", such as Napoleon I in France; Dessalines, Christophe and Soulouque in Haiti; Iturbide in Mexico; Zog in Albania; Bokassa in the Central African Empire; Skossyreff in Andorra; Theodore in Corsica; or Norton in San Francisco. In those cases, they wanted to emphasize the change of regime they introduced or attempted to introduce."

[@brookendale3611]

you never know there might come a second. It happened in the history of the country before.

[@newweaponsdc]

WOAH, Salassie did not abolish slavery. During Italian rule, the occupation government issued two laws in October 1935 and in April 1936 which abolished slavery and freed 420,000 Ethiopian slaves.So, therefore, Mussolini is responsible for freeing the slaves of Ethiopia.

[@holyfordus]

Selassie announced that slavery *would* be abolished, but only in phases and ultimately at a later date so as to not disrupt the economy. Then, as you mentioned, Mussolini invaded and ended slavery right away.

[@balawi3039]

Every Ethiopian Emperor from Tewodros II onward attempted to abolish slavery for various reasons but it was a very difficult institution to get rid of.

[@Kasate_Berhan23]

That narrative was Mussolini’s main propaganda piece for the colonization of a sovereign African nation that lead to the mass genocide of civilians by biological warfare and execution. Your sources are very strange indeed

[@waynereid3718]

Selassie was no warrior I see coward

[@JahRastafari89]

"It was always Haile Selassie’s desire to abolish the institution of slavery in the Empire.[11] In fact as early as 15 September 1923 Haile Selassie issued a proclamation against slavery followed by a law on 31 March 1924 which abolished the slave trade and threatened slave traders with the death penalty. In order to not risk alienating his followers and to avoid an instant economic crisis the possession of slaves who had already been traded before the promulgation of the law was allowed.[12] On his coronation as Emperor, seven articles were promulgated in the Ethiopian Penal Code of 1930 which punished kidnapping and forced labor as well.[13] His Majesty then issued a decree which emancipated the children of enslaved persons and all people enslaved upon their owner’s death in 1931.[14] The freed children were enrolled in a new school to prepare them for services in the modern state.[15] By 1934 His Majesty had established sixty-two local bureaus to control slavery.[16] In a calculated move Haile Selassie planned to phase out the ancient Ethiopian institution of slavery gradually to prevent the chaos that ensued in the United States immediately after mass emancipation as he feared that a sudden end to slavery would’ve created an impoverished class of two million destitute people overnight with no means to support themselves. “His reasoning on this is sound, too,” explained British-American national news commentator Boake Carter in 1935.[17] His intention was to ensure that every person freed would have immediate employment so that they could be fully integrated into society and not become a bandit or a charge on the nation.[18] Carter said, “In this he is using merely common sense.”[19] Haile Selassie never owned slaves himself and slave ownership is often misattributed to him because Emperor Menelik II and Haile Selassie’s cousins, Lij Iyasu and Dejazmatch Tayye Tekle Maryam of Benesso-Gurafarda, were heavily involved in the slave market.[20] Slavery was officially abolished in Ethiopia on 26 August 1942, ten years ahead of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines' Protection Society’s schedule.[21] It must also be considered that for at least five years “Haile Selassie’s reforms were interrupted by the Italian invasion.”[22] “When Italy prepared for conflict with Ethiopia, writers started to publish on slavery in Ethiopia. This provided propaganda for the argument that Ethiopia was not ‘a civilized nation’ as demanded by the League’s charter, and therefore, by implication, did not enjoy the same rights as other members. This seems to have weakened international support for Ethiopia, when the Italian War broke out (1935-1936).”[23] Mussolini tried to justify his colonial adventure in Ethiopia by citing the 5,000 year old institution of slavery as his official excuse and, according to some historians, Italy started an “effective campaign” against slavery in Ethiopia. However, during that period, slave trading was performed primarily at sea off the coasts of Italian Eritrea and Italian Somaliland by the Arabs under the direct supervision of the colonial Italians.[24]" Vukotic, Petar. “The Truth About Haile Selassie's Legacy.” Rastafari Coalition, 8 July 2022. [11] Slavery Abolition Proclamation, 1942, Negarit Gazeta, Proclamation No. 22, year 1, no. 1, p. 56. [12] Smidt, Wolbert. “Slavery.” Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, vol. 4, Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden, Germany, 2010, p. 680. [13] See Arts. 374-380, The Ethiopian Penal Code of 1930, p. 60; Lowenstein, Steven. Materials for the Study of the Penal Law of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I University Faculty of Law, 1965, p. xiv. [14] Sbacchi, Alberto. Ethiopia Under Mussolini: Fascism and the Colonial Experience, Zed Books Ltd., Great Britain, 1985, p. 5. [15] Smidt, Wolbert. “Slavery.” Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, vol. 4, Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden, Germany, 2010, pp. 680-681. [16] Greenfield, Richard. Ethiopia: A New Political History, Frederick A. Praeger Inc. Publishers, United States of America, 1965, p. 173. [17] Carter, Boake. Black Shirt Black Skin, Harrisburg, Telegraph Press, 1935, p. 52. [18] Ibid., pp. 52-53; Comyn-Platt, Thomas. The Abyssinian Storm, Jarrolds Publishers, London, 1935, p. 164; Pankhurst, Richard. Economic History of Ethiopia 1800-1935, Haile Sellassie I University Press, Addis Ababa, 1968, p. 118. [19] Carter, Boake. Black Shirt Black Skin, Harrisburg, Telegraph Press, 1935, p. 52. [20] Pankhurst, Richard. Economic history of Ethiopia, 1800-1935, Addis Ababa, Haile Sellassie I University Press, 1968, p. 32, 75; Smidt, Wolbert. “Slavery.” Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, vol. 4, Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden, Germany, 2010, p. 680. [21] Carter, Boake. Black Shirt Black Skin, Harrisburg, Telegraph Press, 1935, pp. 58-60; Slavery Abolition Proclamation, 1942, Negarit Gazeta, Proclamation No. 22, year 1, no. 1, pp. 56-58; Greenfield, Richard. Ethiopia: A New Political History, Frederick A. Praeger Inc. Publishers, United States of America, 1965, p. 172; Sellassie I, Haile. The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Sellassie I: 'My Life and Ethiopia's Progress' 1892-1937, vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 81. [22] Sbacchi, Alberto. Ethiopia Under Mussolini: Fascism and the Colonial Experience, Zed Books Ltd., Great Britain, 1985, p. 5. [23] Smidt, Wolbert. “Slavery.” Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, vol. 4, Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden, Germany, 2010, p. 681. [24] Carter, Boake. Black Shirt Black Skin, Harrisburg, Telegraph Press, 1935, pp. 53, 62; Greenfield, Richard. Ethiopia: A New Political History, Frederick A. Praeger Inc. Publishers, United States of America, 1965, p. 173.

[@user-xo8iq1vb6m]

A great and informative account. There is a small complaint: the narrator's pronunciation of the noun "famine" for which he pronounces the second syllable- "-ine" as in "fine" instead of "in" in the word in "pin". The use of "Selassie" as a surname is incorrect because the Ethiopian use the first name for surname. After all Haile Selassie means the Spirit of the Trinity. Good job, though, despite these minor errors.

[@donaldcardona290]

They didn't mentioned that his existence started a worldwide religion of millions of practitioners,and in older days they revered to him as God amongst the rastafari.

[@darrennesta585]

His Imperial Majesty...JAH Ras Tafari.

[@BLOCKBOI3RD]

That man was not God. Stop it

[@Lord_God__]

@@BLOCKBOI3RDgreater than God…. He is real and living and God is a figment of your imagination

[@BLOCKBOI3RD]

@@Lord_God__ mental illness is real. Seek help

[@Ffiffijs]

@@BLOCKBOI3RDhe wasn’t even a man. A coward

[@BLOCKBOI3RD]

@@Ffiffijs That's a fact!!!

[@ezekiekr8475]

I wish that after the Derg collapsed the new government became a constitutional monarchy as they did in Cambodia. After thousands of years, the line deserves to live.

[@teshomekorme3691]

Thank You.

[@courtneyturner5083]

Educational