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Haile Selassie (1892-1975) was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, known for his significant role in modernizing the country and promoting African unity. He was a key figure in the establishment of the Organization of African Unity and is revered by the Rastafarian movement as a messianic figure. His reign was marked by efforts to combat Italian invasion and oppression, as well as his advocacy for pan-Africanism.
1892–1975·lived 83 years
We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.Haile Selassie's address to the United Nations, 1963
History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity.Towards African Unity, Speech, 1963
It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.The Lion of Judah, p. 45, 1999
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