Recipients of the Order of the Star (Ghana) - Anthony Deku, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Charles, Prince of Wales, Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, George Kingsley a (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Anthony Deku, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Charles, Prince of Wales, Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, George Kingsley Acquah, Georgina Theodora Wood, Haile Selassie I, J. H. Kwabena Nketia, Kofi Annan, Michael Otu, Philip Edward Archer, Seth Anthony. Excerpt: Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: , "Power of the Trinity") (23 July 1892 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He was the heir to a dynasty that traced its origins to the 13th century, and from there by tradition back to King Solomon and Queen Makeda, Empress of Axum, known in the Abrahamic tradition as the Queen of Sheba. Haile Selassie is a defining figure in both Ethiopian and African history. At the League of Nations in 1936, the emperor condemned the use of chemical weapons by Italy against his people. His internationalist views led to Ethiopia becoming a charter member of the United Nations, and his political thought and experience in promoting multilateralism and collective security have proved seminal and enduring. His suppression of rebellions among the nobles (mekwannint), as well as what some perceived to be Ethiopia's failure to modernize adequately, earned him criticism among some contemporaries and historians. Among the Rastafari movement, whose followers are estimated at between 200,000 and 800,000, Haile Selassie is revered as the returned messiah of the Bible, God incarnate. Beginning in Jamaica in the 1930s, the Rastafari movement perceives Haile Selassie as a messianic figure who will lead a future golden age of eternal peace, righteousness, and prosperity. Haile Selassie was an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian throughout his life. Haile Selassie was born Lij Tafari Makonnen (Amharic; Amharic pronunciation lij tefer mek nnin). "Lij" translates literally to "child," and serves to indicate that a youth is of noble blood. He would later become Ras Tafari Makonnen; "Ras" translates literally to "head" and is the equivalent of "duke," though it is often rendered in translation as "prince." Tafari, his given name, in Amharic means "one who is respected," while Haile literally means in Ge'ez "Power of" and Selassie means trinity (therefore Haile Selassie equals Power of the Trini