Haile Selassie: King of Kings

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Source/Further reading:

Biography, overview: https://www.biography.com/poli....tical-figure/haile-s

History Extra, overview: https://www.historyextra.com/p....eriod/20th-century/h

Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/bio....graphy/Haile-Selassi

Britannica, history of Ethiopia: https://www.britannica.com/pla....ce/Ethiopia/Emergenc

NYTimes, obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/1975/0....8/28/archives/haile-

Guardian review of King of Kings: https://www.theguardian.com/bo....oks/2015/dec/24/king

DW, Ethiopia’s Rastafari community: https://www.dw.com/en/why-ethi....opias-rastafari-comm

BBC podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04xyqgy 

CBC Ethiopia’s famines: https://www.cbc.ca/documentary....channel/features/eth

Video of Selassie’s coronation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qlB8UVocY8