Empress Zewditu, having no surviving children, was succeeded by Tafari Mekonnen who upon becoming Emperor was renamed Haile Selassie.
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March 20, 2021
HAILE SELASSIE I OF ETHIOPIA
He ended slavery in 1923 and established a school for newly freed slaves in the capital, Addis Ababa. By ending slavery Selassie secured Ethiopia’s admission to The League of Nations.
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March 6, 2021
AYAAN HIRSI ALI
“Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.”
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February 26, 2021
MENELIK II, EMPEROR
Image credit: Sculptor: Karl Haertel, died 1941, Photographer Sam Effron, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Emperor Menelik II was one of Ethiopia’s greatest leaders, ruling as King and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913. He was born Sahle Miriam on August 17, 1884, in Ankober, Shewa, Ethiopia. His mother, Woizero Ejigayehu Lemma …
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February 26, 2021
TEDROS GHEBREYESUS
He was also an important political and health care leader in the African Union’s response to the 2013-2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic.
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December 12, 2020
EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE OF ETHIOPIA, “APPEAL TO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS”, 1936
n a word, it is international morality that is at stake. Have the signatures appended to a Treaty value only in so far as the signatory Powers have a personal, direct and immediate interest involved?
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September 27, 2020
WAR by BOB MARLEY
We Africans will fight we find it necessary
And we know we shall win
As we are confident
In the victory
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September 2, 2020
EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE
During the early years, the new administration largely focused on asserting authority over the territory.
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September 1, 2020
ETHIOPIA: people, culture, language
It is a country of great antiquity, with a culture and traditions dating back more than 3,000 years.
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September 1, 2020
PRINCE ALEMAYEHU
Seven-year-old Prince Alemayehu was captured – along with many national treasures – in 1868. His remains are held in Windsor Castle but pleas for their return have been rebuffed