Haile Selassie: King of Kings

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Source/Further reading:

Biography, overview: https://www.biography.com/political-f...

History Extra, overview: https://www.historyextra.com/period/2...

Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/...

Britannica, history of Ethiopia: https://www.britannica.com/place/Ethi...

NYTimes, obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/28/ar...

Guardian review of King of Kings: https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...

DW, Ethiopia’s Rastafari community: https://www.dw.com/en/why-ethiopias-r...

BBC podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04x...

CBC Ethiopia’s famines: https://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel...

Video of Selassie’s coronation:    • Haile Selassie Coronation, 1930