Great content very informative and concise. It can be tricky understanding this time period in Ethiopia with available English language sources. And of course anything about Selassie is politically historically and spiritually charged. I can’t state enough the refreshing nature of hearing African scholars speak about African rather than Europeans that tend to centralize their world view over African affairs.
We must look in our own backyards see those problems, before looking into other people’s yard , cleaning up ones own home first , before one can say another man’s yard is dirty.
@@jasminrowe4498 thatz why they tried 2 sweep the truth up under the rug. AND WHY U THINK FRANCE CONTROLZ 14 COUNTRIES N AFRICA I BET SOME OF U DIDNT KNOW THAT. FRANCE WILL B THE NEW
Very interesting & informative! My friend fled Ethiopia back in the 80’s. He was conscripted into the military. He referred to it as red terror white terror.
The very sad thing about Africa, is that many leaders use the plight of the poor to forward their lust for power, rather than actually tackling the problems they championed for
So true and I think that is the may reason why Africa is still struggling to find its way .And the west did play a huge part because they supported a lot of these leaders to get and stay in power Also.Just hope they can see that this style just doesn't work.It only creates division hardships and a big loss to lives.We a a race needs to better understand the way We go about doing things because we are also at fault to a large degree too.
@@jermaincummings2679 essentially the west and the east, as per the usual, used Africa as a proxy war playground. Which proved disastrous for us. Wherever proxy wars play out, the native inhabitants are the ones who suffer. And sadly many of our leaders are inept in governance. My hero Dr Thomas Sowell once said. African constitutions are written in the blood of the slained innocents. No constitution born of so much suffering can survive the fast tumultuous times of day, it's bound to fall apart.
What we're seeing in this generation is a change in direction. President Kagame of Rwanda and the economic growth of Lagos Nigeria are leading the way for a New Africa that doesn't destroy itself internally but making economic progress for the continent as a whole.
Thank you for enlightening the masses about the history of Africa, stories I would have never heard about or little important facts that change the context.
Lying Propaganda has become a weapon on Ethiopia. Just like weapon of mass destruction in Iraq , the colonial destroyed Iraq , still no weapons. Today they come with these lies about Ethiopa monarchy, yet they all came from far to Ethiopia to bow down to the king of kings , people of Ethiopian ( sunburnt nation) today the colonial will lie to the world about the Solomonic linage. Learn the truth for your selves. This just shows that the constitutional monarchy is close to been restored. Long live the king of kings.
Also Muhammed, when Prophet Mohamed was terrorised in Medina the safest place for him and honest Muslim was Ethiopia. Today both Islam and orthodox lives as brothers in Ethiopia. Unless stirred by foreign propaganda. Ishmael and Issac are brothers one father two mothers. Both are peaceful nations.
Western institutions don't want black people in America to know anything about where we were kidnapped from because they want us to think we are American first and Africans second,when we are not either ones
My mother was a telephone operator in a small town in South Dakota in the 1940s when Halie Selassie visited during a tour of the US. She met him but was unimpressed. I tried to tell her that he was a man held in higher esteem than anyone else she ever met in her lifetime but she was far more impressed with the Hollywood actor Fred McMurray, who made a similar visit on a vacation ayear later. Ignorance is bliss, I guess.
She was unimpressed because where everyone saw a "great man", all she saw was a dictator who kept his people illiterate, living in hunger and poverty. Just because a man surrounds himself with fools who call him "great" does not mean that you should also call him a great man. Your mother was simply demonstrating her intelligence by ignoring him something which you clearly lack by calling her ignorant.🙄
Halie Selassie, being descendant of King Solomon, representing maybe the oldest monarchy in the world, the only christian state in Africa... was far more interesting. I don't even know who's that McMurray. The abrupt end of ethiopian monarchy and Selassie was caused by many issues... For which the king did not get any good advice, & was too naif too understand. At the end was betrayed & killed for those who pretend to be his servants & devoted patriots.
I was told by a friend of mine from Eritrea that selassie was chopped up and buried beneath a bathroom floor in the 90s...this kind of confirms that story..wow
@Johnny Johnson Indeed atleast this guy with all his cruelty and corruption he was smart his brutality knows when to wipe out a village and how While the derg Was much more violent didn’t spare anyone and at anytime without caring someone is seeing me Just wipe out and act proudful while Janhoy would say it wasn’t me
Great video!!!!! I love seeing people like you and NewAfrica cover African stories that so rarely get promoted by the RUclips algorithm. Keep up the good work!! I'm bout to watch the whole rest of your channel in a day haha
@@AFRISTORYNETWORK You do know he's not a descendant of the Aksumite, also he was a tyrant to his people and others. I mean can you stop the blind glorification of people just because they're African?
@@verysmartultrahuman939 Did you even watch the whole video? He didn't praise or glorify him in any way, he even mentioned how Haile Selassie and his people turned a blind eye to the suffering of the impoverished Ethiopians. So next time watch the whole thing before you jump to conclusions and make such comments, because no one was glorifying anyone.
yea. that video is absolutly not glorifying.. there are just a couple of insane "our eternal emperor" comments by people who probably did not live under his rule .. in fact i'm suprised it has just 170 downvotes .. i mean everyone likes a little kingship-romanticism .. but yea
@@florianmerten7348 I have difficulty talking to black Americans about this, as due to the time period in relation to mass media, for many black people, Selassie was the first time they got to see a black person be in any position of power, let alone be revered as a king, and that memory still lives on. This topic usually leads me into a rant about Menelik II, so I hope it can at least be educational haha
@@AFRISTORYNETWORK 🇪🇷 the historical facts in comparison to the eritrean heavy artillery advance on eastern tigray today will be refractively brilliant. congratulations on a resplendent imperial recherche rasta.❤️🖤💚 i am impressed, and informed ❤️💛💚.
Sadly, many of these events are whitewash in the west. That's why it's important to educate ourselves and others instead of depending on our school system.
It is also necessary to know World history besides studying the history of nation where he borns . American Revolution, French Revolution , Russian Revolution and also Industrial revolution .
I agree you people have no place in western history you contributed nothing to our history culture or civilization. Your nothing but a millstone to the west always have been always will be.
@@AFRISTORYNETWORK Please keep pumping out more content to educate the sleepy Americans. I am from Trinidad & Tobago. People in America still ask why I am not "Black"(African Decent) It is pure ignorance to not know that Africans are from Africa. (Not even Jamaica). IGNORANCE is a huge problem with American society, that and the fact that 99% of Americans think we live in a peacetime. SMH....Trinidad is filled with Indians, Africans, Asians, "whites" (whatever that is), and everything in between. The WISE - Study everything and everyone. The Smart - Already know everything. The Ignorant - Take selfies 24/7. Keep searching for the truth everyone! We are all one, we are The Creation. One Love, One Heart. #Hewhofeelsitknowsit
Love this channel!!! Your content is rich and relevant... I'm learning a lot about the recent African history... Great job man!!! I look forward to your next upload!!!
Great documentary. I wonder why he was so passive when the Derg dismantled his system? I read a book about him that said he would make his staff assemble every morning in the palace, knowing the Derg would come and arrest them. Too bad he didn’t have a few hundred Jamaicans to protect him.
Yourself with tik and mark felton are the best history providers on RUclips. Class production and information. Thank you for post and ongoing great work.
The greatest book i have ever read is the 'Animal farm' by George Owell. Those who cry the most, who protest the most, who were the most freedom fighters when in opposition, always become the most oppresive when they come to power
@@s.sestric9929 Why Trump alone. This applies to many leaders especially those who appears to be men of the people, loved by so many, are the ones that turned on them. Sometimes those we hate are not the bad ones but those we shout for the most
He made a mistake by giving power to the dawg to arrest highly officials in his cabinet. You do not give a maid a right to challenge your personal driver
I’m absolutely loving my subscription! African history taught by Africans is totally refreshing for me and giving me a far deeper insight into my/our situation in the diaspora. Thank you 🙏🏽
A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down. Some people have written the story of my life representing as truth what in fact derives from ignorance, error or envy; but they cannot shake the truth from its place, even if they attempt to make others believe it.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord Romans 8:35-39
they history is but you are miss something during Somali region and oromo and eletreya this was during president mungisitu halemariyam NOT helesalise your history is NOT create
There is a lot of information missing, so a lot of this looks like Selassies fault, but on the contrary, he had a lot of forces working against him... From the land reformation, to the famine, to his own autocrats, from the instigators, to forming a peoples govtment.. the warning of not making eritrea cessate etc.. nuff things you can read about that gives a better insight than this.. even one of his relatives gives a different perspective on Selassie, so yes, this is not factual to what really, really happened..
Good video. Btw, the description on the video said he was crowned in September 1917 while in the video you stated he was crowned in 2, November 1930 which is the correct date.
@@AFRISTORYNETWORK No worries at all. Just wanted to comment so people don't get confused. I think it's great you are doing this series now and especially giving the problems going on there with Tigray people and other violence. There is a lot of tribal violence in Africa which a lot of your videos do cover.
Actually on Sept 27 1916 He was crowned as the Crown Prince Heir Apparent, Ras and Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia... while Zewditu (daughter of Menelik II) was crowned Empress at the same time replacing the delinquent Emperor Iyasu... The Ras Regent then was crowned Nigus/ King on Oct 7 1928 in a great ceremony while Zewditu remained Empress... He then became Emperor on April 3rd 1930 when Empress Zewditu passed away but the Grand Coronation Ceremony was established for 7 months later on Nov 2 1930 giving time to prepare for the guests ...
@@lijiticful Yes, he was proclaimed Crown Prince, Regent Plenipotentiary and Heir to the throne on 27 September 1916 (the same day Zauditu was proclaimed Empress). However their coronation took place on 11 February 1917 and he was then officialy crowned Le'ul-Ras Tafari which is equivalent a title of nobility equivalent to a "Royal Duke" and means Lord of Lords.
Did you know that Jesus was crucified bcos he was made to look like a bad person?? And they spoke falsely against him? Did u know that mohammed the prophet was stoned to the point of death, bcos the thought he was evil? Did you know that hitler and mussolini were worshipped and treated like Gods by 95 percent of their countrys people, bcos they thought they were good people?
There's no disillusionment about Selassie's human character and limitations. The co-identification of Rastas with Haile Selassie is that it was the materialization/realization of a Black Man as Negus Negaste, or King of Kings by the order of the Lion of Judah. Making Ethiopia the land of the final Jewish Monarchy. It is also understood by Rasta that this is insufficient to connect those titles bestowed to Christ to Deity. Rather, the legal precedent set in the Torah that would establish a Messiah need only be honored in terms of the National Sovereignty of the Ethiopia, and not in accordance with claims purported to be Old Testament by Christians that favors a mythical Iyasous. Since the real Iyasous and his family was buried under the Theology of Saul, and the idea of a trinity had flourished through that region prior to Iyasous. It was easy for Rastafari Scholars to resurrect the original idea of Christ in Jewish Culture as a King that ascends to the throne according to the order of Melchezidek, and birth a syncretic cosmology of Western Christianity with that of Indigenous beliefs originally local to Jamaica. I hope this separates Rastafari view of the mythology of the image of H.I.M from the historical and legislative *reality* of His Majesties Coronation. Lastly, Let us not forget that Iyasous is *historically* acknowledged to have died as a result of the capital conviction of insurrection against Roman Occupation. Therefore, the final establishment of the Messiah by way of Legislation is finished upon His Majesties assassination, and there will never again be a Kingdom of Judah as a result of His Majesties ratified Ethiopian constitution.
The Emperor didn't change his name,but rather took on his Baptismal name HAILE SELASSIE which means "The Power Of The Trinity". This Baptismal name is what makes I'N'I children of the Most High know that the Christ King is on Earth once again just as the book of REVELATION tells that Christ will return as KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
The True Christ who came and sat on King David throne. No one else can sit on that throne. Christ has already established his priesthood, and we will be forever praising His Divine Majesty JAH Rastafari
you are confused. The creator preserved the body of pharaoh all these THOUSANDS OF years later as a CLEAR SIGN HE HAS NO PARTNERS. Look it up. ITS ON RUclips!!If you believe in the one true god you cannot deny his signs. Ramses the seconds was the worst of creation use to call himself god hence why he preserved him as an example to future generations to never do such a thing such as ascribe partners to him, that’s what ALL RASTA ARE DOING ASCRIBING PARTNERS TO THE CREATOR IT NEEDS TO STOP!!!!
Isaiah 64 v1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens and come down that the mountains may quake at thy presence 2. As when fire kindleth the brushwood; and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence 3 when thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down; the mountains quake at thy presence 4. For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear neither hath the eye seen a God besides thee,who worketh for him that waitheth for him. Egypt's Pharaoh was the first kingdom in opposition to God. Let my people go. One time only God was manifested as a man, so Jah in Spirit descended the heavens and choose the body of Haile Selassie 1st who was from a Semitic and Hamitic union, as a Son perfected forever more, Elect of himself, head of the Church EOC. Genesis ch 49 v10 the scepter shall not depart from Judah; nor the rulers staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come and unto him shall the obedience of the people be. Book of Revelation opened The Conquering Lion of Judah, the king of kings, Lord of Lords has already sat on a throne on earth 1st seal white horse Coming of Christ 1892, 2nd Seal red horse world war 1. 1914. It is either the teachings of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, churches who have separated themselves from the rest of Christianity so on earth it is either African Christianity or Rome antichrist religion . I am a Rastafari because it is the knowledge of HM who brought me closer to the Bible and the EOC teachings that when Christ come he was Divine and human at the same time. Christ meaning Immanuel God is with us. Don't accept the Jesuit Jesus, I worship honor and praise HM. As the Almighty. Hebrews ch.1 v.8 Of the Son he saith thy throne O God is forever and ever. v10 Thou Lord in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth , so for I it is only one man who descended the heavens as the Almighty Haile Selassie 1st. |
@@ralphgreene8768 so your going to ignore the creator telling you worship non but him, your going to ignore the clear signs he has left to show what happens when you call yourself god, you being an egoistical person following corrupted scriptures, your only harming yourself, wallahi j hope for your own sake you stop being a paigon calling a man god, your iconfused I hope your confusion stops before you meet the angel of death and your creator. Don’t let being a stubborn black person draw you away from the truth your only harming yourself no one else. When the angel of death come he will ask you 3 questions. What is your religion who is your lord and who is your prophet, you tell the angel of death Jesus or selasie is your god, not gonna be good for you after that brother wallahi. Don’t be stubborn and ignorant, man is not god such blasphemy, I know black peoples are damaged and want something to hold onto, but this is not it, this is paigon movements calling man god? Brothers wallahi wake up!!!!!
One correction - saying that Ethiopia was a monarchy ruled be hereditary rulers is inaccurate. There were constant struggles for power, and many rulers (Neguse Nagast) were not even related to each other
Well said! The historical records support your conclusion. And yet, many people continue to mislead about this, claiming the inaccurate “long line” of the Solomonic dynasty. Even Haile Selassie’s link to the Solomonic dynasty is all made up. He certainly didn’t even have a link to Minilik II. Establishing Minilik’s lineage is also another challenge. One comes away with no clear relationship between the 19 and 20th-century rulers of the empire, except Zewditu and Lij Ieyasu to Minilik.
Ethiopia lost a head of state who would be listened to and treated with as much dignity as the Pope, because of the western mild reverence for an ancient Christian monarchy. He might not have got anything useful for his country, but he could demand to be listened and dignified treatment, and would be a useful diplomatic tool for Ethiopia now against Egypt.
Ethiopia is a Greek word, and it had an undetermined location that was constructed from Greek mythology which found its way into the Greek Septuagint. It only existed as a real country when it changed its ancient name from Abyssinia after World War II. Haile Selassie even stated that he identified with the European Greek world view of the bible.
@@antoniobaret7928 It was the Phoenicians who gave the Greeks Phonics, the alphabet, and it was adapted to their Aryan language of origin. The Canaanites were also Phoenicians, and they first acquired their language from Africans. The Israelites were using inferior Adjab when Black Africans had the alphabet.
@@oliverlaw02 Canaan was a son of Ham. Ham had 4 sons Mizraim/Egypt, Cush / Ethiopia, Canaan / Palestine and Phut / Libya. Ethiopia existed all the time, if you say it was a hidden empire sound better it is mentioned in the Bible with Egypt more than any other country, The Bible in Genesis say the river Gihon compasseth the whole land of Cush ,today they call it the Nile River.
I definitely need to research more, this is definitely different. Being Afrikan, I support newed involvement and our history On this and future videos on descriptions show your reference material too.
Very interesting bit of history, and well narrated. I am generally conservative by temperament, and from from my very distant place in time, location and culture I feel sorry that the Ethiopian monarchy was not able to transition to something like the British Monarchy. I recognize that I do not know if that was even possible or desirable at the time. I recall getting the sense that Haile Selassie was seen in the West as a courageous opponent of colonialism at one point. He gave a speech at the League of Nations that was very influential. Reading his Wikipedia page gives one a sense that some Westerners were somewhat excited by him as an "interesting exotic foreigner", which, although having some benefits, is not really a position you want to stay in. I would like to know how sincere was the Marxism espoused by the members of the Derg. Marxism was a great way for a tyrant to legitimize power even if they believed none of it. The Soviet bloc and other communist powers supported Mengistu with arms and training, so it was beneficial for him. I hope there is peace and justice in Ethiopia soon, though I do not know what that would mean or how to achieve it.
As bad as Mengistu was , you can't fault the Ethiopian people and military for overthrowing the monarchy. The monarchy was the last force stubbornly holding onto feudalism. The peasants are the majority of Ethiopia's population and you can only oppress the majority of people for so long before they say 'enough is enough'
Well said Chez. To this day no body they say Mangestu kill the Emperor, Mangestu said he could never harm the lord anointed, I have visited the prayer house where the Emperor went to pray and never came back out. One door in same door out.
Very Interesting! I think the best way to learn about African history is from documentaries done by the people themselves!! Too bad though that they couldn't have become a constitutional monarchy with a parliament and prime minister running the country instead of the royals like the U.K. I'm fascinated by the Ethiopian royals!
I'm assuming the new Rasta in Jamaica back then didn't know their hero was actually the usual monster living in luxury draped in gold while his ppl starved too death..?
@@deandresmall2510 You have access to unlimited free education in the palm of your hand ,try using it..Later on the knock on effect of his terrible agriculture policies led to the colossal fammine in the 1980's after a drought.
One big error is that emperor Selassie did *NOT* end slavery. Slavery was ended by the italians in 1936 and strongly enforced. The Italians used ending slavery as a justification for the war so they actually did very publicly enforce the freeing of slaves (which were often somali and eritreans which helped the Italians in the war) to convince other western nations that they were the "good guys" and to not support the exiled emperor Selassie. When the British took control during ww2 Selassie wanted to bring slavery back as it was a deep rooted tradition, he discussed with the British about it quite strongly. However the british made it clear that if he wanted to be the emperor again slavery must remain abolished. So he claimed to have ended slavery with a public proclamation. But really all the slaves where freed already several years before that by the italians. There are some incredible stories about those slaves.
The formal proclamation from the Italian government in ethiopia. *Translated in english* People of the (Ethiopian province of) Tigrai/etc... HEAR: - You must know that where the flag of Italy flies there is freedom. Therefore in your country slavery, of all types, is now abolished. All the slaves who are currently in this region are now free and the buying and selling slaves is forbidden. Anyone who contravenes the provisions of this announcement will be strictly prosecuted, as a transgressor to the orders of the Government. Given in Adua on October 14, 1935 (and in other providences in 1936) This document was printed in Ethiopian language and italian and distributed everywhere in the country. All slave markets were closed any slave was allowed to go back to his tribe or to do as they wanted and anyone capturing, selling or refusing to let their slaves free was fined or arrested. Full implementation took around one year. In aramaic was this (please forgive if i made some mistakes, i can't link the original image or my comment gets deleted automatically, i tried) የኢጣልያ ፡ ባንዴራ ' ከተተከለበት ፡ አገር፡ ከዚያ ፡ አርነት ፡ መግባቱ ፡ አንደሆነ ታውቀዋለህ ። ስለዚህ : በአገርህ ፡ ውስጥ ፡ በማናቸውም ፡ ዓይነት፡ ቢሆን ፡ የባርነት'ነገር፡ ተነቅሎዋል ። ከትግሬ ፡ አገር ፡ ውስጥ ፡ ያለ ፡ ባርያ ፡ ኋላ፡ ኣራ ፡ ነው ። የባርያ : መሽጥና ፡ መግዛት ፡ ተከልክ ሎዋል ። ለዚህ ፡ የአዋጅ ፡ ቃል ፡ የሚቃወም ፡ ኋላ ፡ የመንግሥት ፡ ሕግ፡ ተላላፊ ፡ መሆኑ፡ ነውና ' በብ ርቱ : ቅጣት ፡ ይቀጣል ። አድዋ ፡ በ፫ ቀን ፡ ጥቅምት ፡ ፲፱፻፳፰ ፡ ዓ ፡ ም ። ደ ቦ ኖ ።
@@MrRedsjack My comments are being censored, the Italians used slavery as an excuse to invade Ethiopia and they definitely didn't end the slave trade. The Emperor ended slavery gradually so that two million people wouldn't become destitute and unemployed overnight.
@@samatar1025 The slave trade was taking place off the coast of Italian Somaliland and Italian Eritrea so it was happening while the colonialists controlled the waters, they just lied that they were there to free the slaves in order to justify their illegal war to the international community (ie. Leage of Nations). The source for this information comes from: Carter, Boake. Black Shirt Black Skin, Harrisburg, Telegraph Press, 1935, p. 62.
@@JahRastafari89 I am aware slave trade took place in Somali Territory. However ethnic Somalis were not traded as slaves. I do not condone slavery on any individual regardless of ethnicity. I am asking you for historical reference. Slaves were brought into Somalia from Ethiopia and Zanzibar to either be traded to Arabia or work in agriculture in Somalia. However ethnic Somalis as slaves is new to me.
Your facts are wrong Ethiopia was not invaded in 1930 by Mussolini the same year of Haile Selassie Coronation it was 1936 get your facts right before you start going public
why not make your own video pointing out the real facts? You sit there in your pajamas doing absolutely nothing but criticize the work of others. No documentary is 100% perfect but at least the person who put this video together did something, unlike people like you just sitting in the sideline doing noting.
@@BlackanChannel so 1) its not a big deal and afristory can just make a note in the video-discription 2) it's suppost to be history education and so we viewers expect and deserve accurate dates - i think the folks of afristory would agree. and 3) your channel is .. wild XD ..
@@florianmerten7348 If it’s not a big deal why not create your own channel and start editing several videos at the same time and know how much work it entails. You guys just sit there doing nothing but criticize others hard work. 2) The channel entails history but some of us just came to view it as fun and just to get some basic knowledge. If you want a history channel why don’t you pay for one online ? There is the History Channel on cable you can go there and vent your criticism when you find one. 3) My channel is not for the public so we don’t advertise it. It’s for Japanese hosts and their friends to view their shows. But at least we are in Japan streaming shows and editing movies while you sit your lazy self there criticizing people’s hard work online.
@@BlackanChannel if you don't want people to criticise you publicly, then don't post anything publicly.. like it or not criticism is part of our world, and people are bound to criticise, either for good or for bad, so whatever ur hand finds to do, do it well...
Great documentary, thanks for that. The decline of the emperor reminded me of the fall of the Russian Tsar. Like the Tsar, Selassie had it coming, because you cannot keep a population in servitude without eventual, serious consequences. Just a shame that the new regime did not do much to alleviate the people's suffering.
His majesty did more to improve the country than anyone else, the land was damaged because of the amount of chemical weapons the Italians had dropped on it , after Selassie had to hide from the Derq Russian planned mission the red terror Mingitsu killed 8 million Ethiopians in the space of 5 years
@@d_vrdlovec8724 The terrors of the Mengistu regime do not vindicate Selassie. He (Selassie) should have accelerated land reform, constitutional reform, economic modernisation and pleaded for aid to combat the Wollo famine. Had he done such things Mengistu might not have had the opportunity to seize power. Having said that, perhaps it was inevitable. In Britain we killed our King in 1649. France did the same in 1793 and Russia in 1918.
People are still suffering cause they don't know how to live with other cause one tribe think they better then the rest. What need to be doing is learn how to build house and plant food and quit blaming there rulers
@@ladytinker42787 Debatable. African slavery was one economic driver, that's for sure. Likewise indentured labour from China - another form of slavery. And indigent tribes were destroyed or marginalised. However, for the majority of incoming people I would say America was a land of opportunity. Still is, and that includes the descendants of slaves whose prospects in the US - I would argue - are better than if they were growing up in Africa.
Look Ethiopia only the last 60yrs , it's a hell hole. Wars,wars, famine, wars, it's has always been brutal dictatorships one after another, unparalleled even in Africa. Sad place.
Africa as a whole is a hell hole. Only a few countries like Egypt and South Africa seem to be trying and even they are riddled with poverty and corruption.
For the man called the father of Africa, his IMPERIAL MAJESTY HAILLE SELASSIE, this was an insult. Just pure propaganda, nothing positive to say about him but lies. RASTAFARI ALWAYS
Seen you have to understand that many people are either highly uneducated or they have been educated through propaganda about highly Selassie and Ethiopia it is not easy to find people that have taken the time to filter through propaganda as highly Selassie told us and dedicate themselves to studying him now there are many people in Africa that request study resources from me I cannot get them there because of the shipping cost I noticed the narrator is clearly an African from Africa by his accent you can tell now he may not have the resources or he may be gullible and accepted propaganda and he is relaying it to the masses through media that is done through all different types of entities the truth is highly selassie's grandson made a statement saying that there is no evidence his father was killed and buried there is an Ethiopian tour guide that we have a video of a interview where he tells visitors they don't believe highly Selassie is buried there in Ethiopia at the memorial because they measured his bones and it measured 5 cm too long to belong to him there are many lies about how highly Selassie died war was killed and they have been exposed so that should wake some people up letting them know that you need to look deeper finding that there is no evidence he is dead and buried there is evidence that they tried to lie about his death and burial just like they did with the Christ Jesus
Black people worshiping the creation instead of the creator, let go of your ego he was a man, not god, god cannot die, Jesus is not god he is a prophet. I understand we’re a broken people but think logically. God cannot die, therefore he is not god
@@donnyd9372 we don't need your opinion to find God black people have found God within themselves we don't limit the abilities of the Creator there is no proof Haile Selassie is dead and he is our God we know why we don't need you to know why
You can not have 3 funeral services for a man if he passed away since 1976. (1978-1998-2001) . They are still to this day looking for Haile Selassie I (ras teferee ) ." H.I.M. can never be moved"
And the bones they discovered on the Palace grounds in 1992 belonged to a man taller than Haile Selassie but they still told the world that it was the Emperor's, committed the remains and buried it years later in a ceremony officiated by the church.
Hahahaha ja man. His just a man. An man is just a man not a Almighty God. We Africans know his just a king who make goods also mistakes. God Dont make mistakes.
He definitely was a puppet of the western nations. A tyrant who oppressed his people. And one who lived a very extravagant life. Hell is too good a place for him.
Thank you for your reporting and introducing our history. Ethiopia has a very long history and hopefully you will also consider doing a documentary on before and after king Haileselasa. I wasn’t born then, but the history of this king is told differently depending which part of the country people live. To the well do, he was a very good king and to others he was horrible. According to my parents, he was an okay king since they were middle class, living in the capital city. One thing that started to take roots during his kingdom was the ethnic divisions and dissatisfaction with his treatment among the different ethnic groups. This issue continued to brew over the years and now has boiled over to be a full blown war. Pray for us to get our country back together.
Not enough redistribution of the Wealth.. Same Ole Story.. 1/3 of People on less than 1.25 Dollars A day.. Richest Person in Ethiopia Mohammed Al Amoudi.. Estimated Wealth 4 Billion Dollars.. Approx 4000 Millionaires in Ethiopia. Africa Resources is Worth Over 30 Trillion Dollars.. All da Best Righteous People..
thank you for this nice, pertinent, detailed and well documented video . Now, I can better understand the causes and beginning of 1974 revolution , which was lethal to ethiopian feudal and imperial rulers
"Although blamed for hiding the famine, Emperor Haile Selassie was initially unaware of the famine, in part because government officials were reluctant to pass on bad news. Upon discovering the famine in 1973, the Emperor rebuked Crown Prince Asfa Wossen (the Duke of Wollo) for not informing him of the famine earlier, to which the prince replied that the Emperor only listened to his officials and not to him (the Prince). The prince was so stressed by this allegation that he had a stroke that evening and was hospitalised in the UK. Personal communication, Yacob Aklilu, 15 October 2008, Addis Ababa." (Lautze, Sue. et. al. Humanitarian governance in the new millennium: an Ethiopian case study, Overseas Development Institute, 2009, p. 12f.)
If you are a leader, its you job to investigate the needs of the people not sitting around lavishly waiting to be breifed. Stop giving excuses for negligence.
@@erismara9099 "At 76 years of age, His Imperial Majesty continues to work a twenty hour day, with three hours for sleep and one devoted to prayer." - Dr. Oswald Hoffman, Haile Selassie Christmas Interview (1968)
Haile Selassie couldn't have modernized the country quick enough as there were feudalists that opposed him for implementing "western culture" which in time led to his and their demise. People demanding free education, the state to pay for ur insurance, and medical institution is just too much to ask for a country that doesn't have much!
And the ppl in HIS country were not willing to work, That's why HE had to bring in outside workers. And that wasnt the only reason why, most of them did not have the skills and knowledge to do the jobs that need to get done. Which is why he send students of HIS empire abroad to learn; and once they completed their education he wanted them to return and use their knowledge and skills they gain abroad to work in their country, but sadly many of these students didn't return to Ethiopia to do that. They got caught up in the lifestyle of the WESTERN world and lifestyle of Europe
@@donnyd9372 my guy, i know that. in fact my father and his relatives were among the people who were starving and many of his relatives died. he did that because he wanted Ethiopia to keep it's digity during a time, Europe has a pathetic view of Africa and its people. although it's the people who payed the price not him (he went ahead and tried to show an opposite side) people are complex and people in power are also the same. Even Derg came up which was heavily supported by my father and they did even worse. they promised to do the opposite and that there wouldn't be famine. of course, there was and the turned down on their promises. you expect things to be better when time passes yet that wasn't the case for derg.
@@donnyd9372 if I was in his position I would of done the same, because those ppl didnt deserve it, those were the problem ppl. How could u starve in a fertile country, unless u are non-progressive, always wanting free hand out. And on top of it they are ungrateful. Animals treat u better than ppl. And if it wasnt for the efforts and great works of Emperor Haile Selassie black ppl like urself would be in such privileged position today, during his time great world changes were IMPLEMENTED to liberate HUMAN RIGHTS. He was the ONLY beacon of hope for BLACK ppl in the diaspora. HE WAS THE ONLY African EMPEROR. He was the ONLY EMPEROR of the TRIBE OF JUDAH, HIS monarch has GREAT direct lineage to the BIBLE (decendane of queen of Sheba and King Solomon) and his MONARCH history predates the queen of SHEBA and King SOLOMON go as far back as the time of Noah, and even further.
@@patiencevirtue3932 you sound like every ignorant bigoted person in any country “people want free handouts” no they want basic human rights and not to starve you simpleton, I hope someday you know what it’s like to go to sleep hungry, let me know so I can be there to put you out of your misery
Very interesting and informative documentary on a period in Africa history when violent dictatorship were the norm. Unfortunately the empire was not able to foresee the dark forces around him which overcame him. He was probably a good man that lived for his people but through feudalism which as we know has had it time. Look into his eyes and you not see hatred or malice. Fascinating man and fascinating period.
He was a king - master of life and death of everyone in his kingdom ...but he 1:21 gave them ppl freedom ''volunterily ending the absolute power'' ''....you give them finger them take your arm, you give them inch they take a mile, so everything is just for a while'' Bob Marley ...great teaching we get from HIM ...about man, king, and God, and all things ....not everyone see it
@@abuhamzaismail4856 you dont understand that prophecy is fullfiled SON OF MAN - KIng of Kings has come ...it's Armagidion pon creation, it will not be funny to sinners soon, they surve the beast that force ppl to use ''Smart''phone, chip, QR codes pass and who not want it cannot live, work, sell or buy .....that means he let out the beast pon all flesh that comit sin to remove them of from the face of earth, purification of creation is not possibble without removing satana orgysts and uniformed cruisifyiers that ''just do their job'' for system (beast) of erthly kingdom they should MOVE OUT FROM back into free as a bird of a field living MAN, as Christ told everyone how to live ...well i waste my time to explain it to one who HAS NO EARS TO HEARS ...guess we is funny
@@thylawismydeligh HIM [GOD] Lives through us, we carry His Holy Name. When u see a man with Locks on his head, the first name dat would come to your mind is Rasta!!! Which is the birth name of Emperor Halie Selassie 1st which His dad gave to him frm birth. This is how and why He still Lives!!!! When I see a Muslim or a New-Age Christian and Israelite I dont call dem by their Fathers [Gods] Name. We the Rastaman are the True Israelites [His Real light] Isaiah 43:7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🕎
@@ajax1472 Monsters don't work ceaselessly to pull their country out of poverty, ignorance, disease and illiteracy while modernizing a 3,000 year old archaic infrastructure. This is why His Majesty said, "Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?"
Slavery in Ethiopia was abolished in 1942 not earlier as suggested by your moving timeline graphic. not once during his first rule did he undertake a campaign to do the right thing.
In Britain in the 1970’s, I had some Jamaican friends, who were Rastafarians. They revered Haili Selassi as a spiritual leader and the religion named after him had strict dietary laws, related to Judaism. Other laws about not cutting hair and only washing it in the sea were included. Watching this excellent documentary, it makes me wonder why the Jamaicans revered Selassi so much?
Am a Jamaican and all these false king and queen s around us never meant us no good so 1930 when him was crown 👑 we see him as our coming from the east the mother land you it was co indecent he coming to 1966 jahlive
No, the only African leader who is worthy to be called great was Nelson Mandela. All the rest were dictators who knew nothing on how to rule a country and ironically brought greater misery than the Europeans who colonized them.
Great content very informative and concise. It can be tricky understanding this time period in Ethiopia with available English language sources. And of course anything about Selassie is politically historically and spiritually charged. I can’t state enough the refreshing nature of hearing African scholars speak about African rather than Europeans that tend to centralize their world view over African affairs.
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Ignoring the poor always ends up in instability.
We must look in our own backyards see those problems, before looking into other people’s yard , cleaning up ones own home first , before one can say another man’s yard is dirty.
Well Said And Stated Sistar 💯
@@jasminrowe4498 this doesn’t really apply in a non democratic state like Abyssinia
@@jasminrowe4498 thatz why they tried 2 sweep the truth up under the rug. AND WHY U THINK FRANCE CONTROLZ 14 COUNTRIES N AFRICA I BET SOME OF U DIDNT KNOW THAT. FRANCE WILL B THE NEW
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Ethiopians: “The Derg has freed us!”
Derg: “Oh I wouldn’t say free, more like under new management.”
Very interesting & informative! My friend fled Ethiopia back in the 80’s. He was conscripted into the military. He referred to it as red terror white terror.
Yes, I was born during the red terror and had to flee Ethiopia during that tragic time.
@@lbu9542 so sad
My father fled in the 1990s during the Ethiopian revolution of 1991.
The red terror refers to a c*mm*nist overthrow like happened in other African countries?
The very sad thing about Africa, is that many leaders use the plight of the poor to forward their lust for power, rather than actually tackling the problems they championed for
So true and I think that is the may reason why Africa is still struggling to find its way .And the west did play a huge part because they supported a lot of these leaders to get and stay in power Also.Just hope they can see that this style just doesn't work.It only creates division hardships and a big loss to lives.We a a race needs to better understand the way We go about doing things because we are also at fault to a large degree too.
@@jermaincummings2679 essentially the west and the east, as per the usual, used Africa as a proxy war playground. Which proved disastrous for us. Wherever proxy wars play out, the native inhabitants are the ones who suffer. And sadly many of our leaders are inept in governance. My hero Dr Thomas Sowell once said. African constitutions are written in the blood of the slained innocents. No constitution born of so much suffering can survive the fast tumultuous times of day, it's bound to fall apart.
What we're seeing in this generation is a change in direction. President Kagame of Rwanda and the economic growth of Lagos Nigeria are leading the way for a New Africa that doesn't destroy itself internally but making economic progress for the continent as a whole.
@@jermaincummings2679 koo
This man is christ in his kingley character
Very interesting and thorough. Thank you for your hard work.
A multi part series! I’m so excited!
Very imformative
Thank you for enlightening the masses about the history of Africa, stories I would have never heard about or little important facts that change the context.
yeah right, Muhammed did you know this man literally killed more than 100,000 Muslims from 1961 - 1991, did you know that?
@@verysmartultrahuman939 never seen again after 1975. So how that. You must be talking about Mengistu
Lying Propaganda has become a weapon on Ethiopia. Just like weapon of mass destruction in Iraq , the colonial destroyed Iraq , still no weapons. Today they come with these lies about Ethiopa monarchy, yet they all came from far to Ethiopia to bow down to the king of kings , people of Ethiopian ( sunburnt nation) today the colonial will lie to the world about the Solomonic linage. Learn the truth for your selves. This just shows that the constitutional monarchy is close to been restored. Long live the king of kings.
Also Muhammed, when Prophet Mohamed was terrorised in Medina the safest place for him and honest Muslim was Ethiopia. Today both Islam and orthodox lives as brothers in Ethiopia. Unless stirred by foreign propaganda. Ishmael and Issac are brothers one father two mothers. Both are peaceful nations.
Western institutions don't want black people in America to know anything about where we were kidnapped from because they want us to think we are American first and Africans second,when we are not either ones
My mother was a telephone operator in a small town in South Dakota in the 1940s when Halie Selassie visited during a tour of the US. She met him but was unimpressed. I tried to tell her that he was a man held in higher esteem than anyone else she ever met in her lifetime but she was far more impressed with the Hollywood actor Fred McMurray, who made a similar visit on a vacation ayear later. Ignorance is bliss, I guess.
He ah evil person she did the right thing
She was unimpressed because where everyone saw a "great man", all she saw was a dictator who kept his people illiterate, living in hunger and poverty. Just because a man surrounds himself with fools who call him "great" does not mean that you should also call him a great man. Your mother was simply demonstrating her intelligence by ignoring him something which you clearly lack by calling her ignorant.🙄
@@kingkashi5151 NO, dude. She was ignorant. You coulda said he was William Shakespeare and she woulda bought it.
Halie Selassie, being descendant of King Solomon, representing maybe the oldest monarchy in the world, the only christian state in Africa... was far more interesting. I don't even know who's that McMurray.
The abrupt end of ethiopian monarchy and Selassie was caused by many issues... For which the king did not get any good advice, & was too naif too understand. At the end was betrayed & killed for those who pretend to be his servants & devoted patriots.
@@carlosmartin3104 he ah fake god lol bro a certified bitch
I was told by a friend of mine from Eritrea that selassie was chopped up and buried beneath a bathroom floor in the 90s...this kind of confirms that story..wow
That's lie. Because Eritreans hate the emperor
@Johnny Johnson
Indeed atleast this guy with all his cruelty and corruption he was smart his brutality knows when to wipe out a village and how
While the derg Was much more violent didn’t spare anyone and at anytime without caring someone is seeing me
Just wipe out and act proudful while Janhoy would say it wasn’t me
very good coverage. will wait for the following episodes. thank you.
Great video!!!!! I love seeing people like you and NewAfrica cover African stories that so rarely get promoted by the RUclips algorithm. Keep up the good work!! I'm bout to watch the whole rest of your channel in a day haha
Thanks man
@@AFRISTORYNETWORK You do know he's not a descendant of the Aksumite, also he was a tyrant to his people and others. I mean can you stop the blind glorification of people just because they're African?
@@verysmartultrahuman939
Did you even watch the whole video? He didn't praise or glorify him in any way, he even mentioned how Haile Selassie and his people turned a blind eye to the suffering of the impoverished Ethiopians. So next time watch the whole thing before you jump to conclusions and make such comments, because no one was glorifying anyone.
yea. that video is absolutly not glorifying.. there are just a couple of insane "our eternal emperor" comments by people who probably did not live under his rule .. in fact i'm suprised it has just 170 downvotes .. i mean everyone likes a little kingship-romanticism .. but yea
@@florianmerten7348 I have difficulty talking to black Americans about this, as due to the time period in relation to mass media, for many black people, Selassie was the first time they got to see a black person be in any position of power, let alone be revered as a king, and that memory still lives on. This topic usually leads me into a rant about Menelik II, so I hope it can at least be educational haha
Great video and commentary, Afristory. Keep the good work up and tell the African story.
Much appreciated
I am waiting for the rest of parts. Thank you. Do continue to do this excellent work. Thank you.
Was intense but soon.
@@AFRISTORYNETWORK 🇪🇷 the historical facts in comparison to the eritrean heavy artillery advance on eastern tigray today will be refractively brilliant. congratulations on a resplendent imperial recherche rasta.❤️🖤💚 i am impressed, and informed ❤️💛💚.
Wholesome 🙏 history.This what our children should learning in school and not the history of the western world
Sadly, many of these events are whitewash in the west. That's why it's important to educate ourselves and others instead of depending on our school system.
Do you know it's our friends the communist that overthrew him.
It is also necessary to know World history besides studying the history of nation where he borns . American Revolution, French Revolution , Russian Revolution and also Industrial revolution .
I agree you people have no place in western history you contributed nothing to our history culture or civilization. Your nothing but a millstone to the west always have been always will be.
@@wattyler9806 the west was living in caves when Africa was building empires.
My great Uncle John C Robinson (the Brown Condor) flew for Haile Selassie during the Italian Campaign and died there in while a plane crash. I
Honourable man, we thank your uncle for his service 🙏🏾
Was your uncle South African. They were there in WW11, driving the fascists out and onto Egypt, Italy etc etc.
ohh your uncle john robinson founded the ethiopian air force
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Air_Force#Early_years_(1929%E2%80%931935)
Respect to Uncle.
You have to respect the time spent editing and researching for this video.
Good video.
I appreciate that!
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@@AFRISTORYNETWORK Please keep pumping out more content to educate the sleepy Americans. I am from Trinidad & Tobago. People in America still ask why I am not "Black"(African Decent) It is pure ignorance to not know that Africans are from Africa. (Not even Jamaica). IGNORANCE is a huge problem with American society, that and the fact that 99% of Americans think we live in a peacetime. SMH....Trinidad is filled with Indians, Africans, Asians, "whites" (whatever that is), and everything in between.
The WISE - Study everything and everyone.
The Smart - Already know everything.
The Ignorant - Take selfies 24/7.
Keep searching for the truth everyone! We are all one, we are The Creation.
One Love, One Heart.
#Hewhofeelsitknowsit
Thank you for bringing the history of your own people it's very important to tell your story and not let others who are of another country do so
Great channel. Great content. Keep up the good work.
Thank you! Will do!
Love this channel!!! Your content is rich and relevant... I'm learning a lot about the recent African history... Great job man!!! I look forward to your next upload!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
@@AFRISTORYNETWORK can you do, one on Idi Amin!? And Kenneth Kaunda!?
Haileselassie wasn’t a saint many Ethiopians think. He was another mengistu and meles zenawi. Ante dedeb
Great documentary. I wonder why he was so passive when the Derg dismantled his system? I read a book about him that said he would make his staff assemble every morning in the palace, knowing the Derg would come and arrest them. Too bad he didn’t have a few hundred Jamaicans to protect him.
damn right!
@Nate Hensley, Very sad. May the Emperor Haile Selessie Rest in Peace.
We jah maicans will fight and win if we find it necessary.haike selase not dead.check dna of long man bones in that crypt.ok.bone lies
Keep up the good work and consistency
Thank you, I will
Yourself with tik and mark felton are the best history providers on RUclips. Class production and information. Thank you for post and ongoing great work.
Wow, thank you!
The greatest book i have ever read is the 'Animal farm' by George Owell. Those who cry the most, who protest the most, who were the most freedom fighters when in opposition, always become the most oppresive when they come to power
Yes, very true.
Could well be true in many cases,But are they to remain silent ,and become lap Dogs .A squeaky wheel get the oil first
True that...
Tell that to the Trump worshippers, whose leaders would turn on them as surely as Stalin turned on the Bolsheviks.
@@s.sestric9929 Why Trump alone. This applies to many leaders especially those who appears to be men of the people, loved by so many, are the ones that turned on them. Sometimes those we hate are not the bad ones but those we shout for the most
He made a mistake by giving power to the dawg to arrest highly officials in his cabinet. You do not give a maid a right to challenge your personal driver
Depends on who shares your couch. Lol
Emphasizing the cattle lost in the famine really makes you understand how bad it was.
Great video. Waiting on the second part..even though I know how it ends.
I’m absolutely loving my subscription! African history taught by Africans is totally refreshing for me and giving me a far deeper insight into my/our situation in the diaspora. Thank you 🙏🏽
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A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down. Some people have written the story of my life representing as truth what in fact derives from ignorance, error or envy; but they cannot shake the truth from its place, even if they attempt to make others believe it.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord Romans 8:35-39
they history is but you are miss something during Somali region and oromo and eletreya this was during president mungisitu halemariyam NOT helesalise your history is NOT create
@Dale Cavalho Hallelujah Rastafari!
God speed
There is a lot of information missing, so a lot of this looks like Selassies fault, but on the contrary, he had a lot of forces working against him...
From the land reformation, to the famine, to his own autocrats, from the instigators, to forming a peoples govtment.. the warning of not making eritrea cessate etc.. nuff things you can read about that gives a better insight than this.. even one of his relatives gives a different perspective on Selassie, so yes, this is not factual to what really, really happened..
Narrated very well. Love history thanks 👍❤🇬🇭
Great
Good video. Btw, the description on the video said he was crowned in September 1917 while in the video you stated he was crowned in 2, November 1930 which is the correct date.
Sorry about
@@AFRISTORYNETWORK No worries at all. Just wanted to comment so people don't get confused. I think it's great you are doing this series now and especially giving the problems going on there with Tigray people and other violence. There is a lot of tribal violence in Africa which a lot of your videos do cover.
Actually on Sept 27 1916 He was crowned as the Crown Prince Heir Apparent, Ras and Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia... while Zewditu (daughter of Menelik II) was crowned Empress at the same time replacing the delinquent Emperor Iyasu... The Ras Regent then was crowned Nigus/ King on Oct 7 1928 in a great ceremony while Zewditu remained Empress... He then became Emperor on April 3rd 1930 when Empress Zewditu passed away but the Grand Coronation Ceremony was established for 7 months later on Nov 2 1930 giving time to prepare for the guests ...
@@lijiticful Yes, he was proclaimed Crown Prince, Regent Plenipotentiary and Heir to the throne on 27 September 1916 (the same day Zauditu was proclaimed Empress). However their coronation took place on 11 February 1917 and he was then officialy crowned Le'ul-Ras Tafari which is equivalent a title of nobility equivalent to a "Royal Duke" and means Lord of Lords.
I believe every Rasta who worships Selassie should watch this video and others that honestly portray him without bias.
Did you know that Jesus was crucified bcos he was made to look like a bad person?? And they spoke falsely against him? Did u know that mohammed the prophet was stoned to the point of death, bcos the thought he was evil? Did you know that hitler and mussolini were worshipped and treated like Gods by 95 percent of their countrys people, bcos they thought they were good people?
So true. Selassie didn't care about his people that why he was related like a dog, buried under a toilet such disrespect.
There's no disillusionment about Selassie's human character and limitations. The co-identification of Rastas with Haile Selassie is that it was the materialization/realization of a Black Man as Negus Negaste, or King of Kings by the order of the Lion of Judah. Making Ethiopia the land of the final Jewish Monarchy.
It is also understood by Rasta that this is insufficient to connect those titles bestowed to Christ to Deity. Rather, the legal precedent set in the Torah that would establish a Messiah need only be honored in terms of the National Sovereignty of the Ethiopia, and not in accordance with claims purported to be Old Testament by Christians that favors a mythical Iyasous.
Since the real Iyasous and his family was buried under the Theology of Saul, and the idea of a trinity had flourished through that region prior to Iyasous. It was easy for Rastafari Scholars to resurrect the original idea of Christ in Jewish Culture as a King that ascends to the throne according to the order of Melchezidek, and birth a syncretic cosmology of Western Christianity with that of Indigenous beliefs originally local to Jamaica.
I hope this separates Rastafari view of the mythology of the image of H.I.M from the historical and legislative *reality* of His Majesties Coronation.
Lastly, Let us not forget that Iyasous is *historically* acknowledged to have died as a result of the capital conviction of insurrection against Roman Occupation. Therefore, the final establishment of the Messiah by way of Legislation is finished upon His Majesties assassination, and there will never again be a Kingdom of Judah as a result of His Majesties ratified Ethiopian constitution.
When you go against your own for others your end shall be bitter
Like Jesus ?
The Emperor didn't change his name,but rather took on his Baptismal name HAILE SELASSIE which means "The Power Of The Trinity". This Baptismal name is what makes I'N'I children of the Most High know that the Christ King is on Earth once again just as the book of REVELATION tells that Christ will return as KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
The True Christ who came and sat on King David throne. No one else can sit on that throne. Christ has already established his priesthood, and we will be forever praising His Divine Majesty JAH Rastafari
you are confused. The creator preserved the body of pharaoh all these THOUSANDS OF years later as a CLEAR SIGN HE HAS NO PARTNERS. Look it up. ITS ON RUclips!!If you believe in the one true god you cannot deny his signs. Ramses the seconds was the worst of creation use to call himself god hence why he preserved him as an example to future generations to never do such a thing such as ascribe partners to him, that’s what ALL RASTA ARE DOING ASCRIBING PARTNERS TO THE CREATOR IT NEEDS TO STOP!!!!
Isaiah 64 v1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens and come down that the mountains may quake at thy presence 2. As when fire kindleth the brushwood; and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence 3 when thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down; the mountains quake at thy presence 4. For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear neither hath the eye seen a God besides thee,who worketh for him that waitheth for him. Egypt's Pharaoh was the first kingdom in opposition to God. Let my people go. One time only God was manifested as a man, so Jah in Spirit descended the heavens and choose the body of Haile Selassie 1st who was from a Semitic and Hamitic union, as a Son perfected forever more, Elect of himself, head of the Church EOC. Genesis ch 49 v10 the scepter shall not depart from Judah; nor the rulers staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come and unto him shall the obedience of the people be. Book of Revelation opened The Conquering Lion of Judah, the king of kings, Lord of Lords has already sat on a throne on earth 1st seal white horse Coming of Christ 1892, 2nd Seal red horse world war 1. 1914. It is either the teachings of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, churches who have separated themselves from the rest of Christianity so on earth it is either African Christianity or Rome antichrist religion . I am a Rastafari because it is the knowledge of HM who brought me closer to the Bible and the EOC teachings that when Christ come he was Divine and human at the same time. Christ meaning Immanuel God is with us. Don't accept the Jesuit Jesus, I worship honor and praise HM. As the Almighty. Hebrews ch.1 v.8 Of the Son he saith thy throne O God is forever and ever. v10 Thou Lord in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth , so for I it is only one man who descended the heavens as the Almighty Haile Selassie 1st. |
@@ralphgreene8768 so your going to ignore the creator telling you worship non but him, your going to ignore the clear signs he has left to show what happens when you call yourself god, you being an egoistical person following corrupted scriptures, your only harming yourself, wallahi j hope for your own sake you stop being a paigon calling a man god, your iconfused I hope your confusion stops before you meet the angel of death and your creator. Don’t let being a stubborn black person draw you away from the truth your only harming yourself no one else. When the angel of death come he will ask you 3 questions. What is your religion who is your lord and who is your prophet, you tell the angel of death Jesus or selasie is your god, not gonna be good for you after that brother wallahi. Don’t be stubborn and ignorant, man is not god such blasphemy, I know black peoples are damaged and want something to hold onto, but this is not it, this is paigon movements calling man god? Brothers wallahi wake up!!!!!
@@donnyd9372 many are called few are chosen. Don't worry about me, you carry your burden I carry mine. I glory in the Bible
Thank you for the great video. Please can you do a video on Philip Emeagwali
One correction - saying that Ethiopia was a monarchy ruled be hereditary rulers is inaccurate. There were constant struggles for power, and many rulers (Neguse Nagast) were not even related to each other
Yes that what I was thinking the whole time 👍
Well said! The historical records support your conclusion. And yet, many people continue to mislead about this, claiming the inaccurate “long line” of the Solomonic dynasty. Even Haile Selassie’s link to the Solomonic dynasty is all made up. He certainly didn’t even have a link to Minilik II. Establishing Minilik’s lineage is also another challenge. One comes away with no clear relationship between the 19 and 20th-century rulers of the empire, except Zewditu and Lij Ieyasu to Minilik.
Ethiopia lost a head of state who would be listened to and treated with as much dignity as the Pope, because of the western mild reverence for an ancient Christian monarchy.
He might not have got anything useful for his country, but he could demand to be listened and dignified treatment, and would be a useful diplomatic tool for Ethiopia now against Egypt.
ruclips.net/video/xDI12q-TtHw/видео.html
At 3 minutes JFK addresses Selassie.
Ethiopia is a Greek word, and it had an undetermined location that was constructed from Greek mythology which found its way into the Greek Septuagint. It only existed as a real country when it changed its ancient name from Abyssinia after World War II. Haile Selassie even stated that he identified with the European Greek world view of the bible.
Greek got language from Africa
@@antoniobaret7928
It was the Phoenicians who gave the Greeks Phonics, the alphabet, and it was adapted to their Aryan language of origin. The Canaanites were also Phoenicians, and they first acquired their language from Africans. The Israelites were using inferior Adjab when Black Africans had the alphabet.
@@oliverlaw02 Canaan was a son of Ham. Ham had 4 sons Mizraim/Egypt, Cush / Ethiopia, Canaan / Palestine and Phut / Libya. Ethiopia existed all the time, if you say it was a hidden empire sound better it is mentioned in the Bible with Egypt more than any other country, The Bible in Genesis say the river Gihon compasseth the whole land of Cush ,today they call it the Nile River.
I definitely need to research more, this is definitely different. Being Afrikan, I support newed involvement and our history
On this and future videos on descriptions show your reference material too.
Very interesting bit of history, and well narrated. I am generally conservative by temperament, and from from my very distant place in time, location and culture I feel sorry that the Ethiopian monarchy was not able to transition to something like the British Monarchy. I recognize that I do not know if that was even possible or desirable at the time. I recall getting the sense that Haile Selassie was seen in the West as a courageous opponent of colonialism at one point. He gave a speech at the League of Nations that was very influential. Reading his Wikipedia page gives one a sense that some Westerners were somewhat excited by him as an "interesting exotic foreigner", which, although having some benefits, is not really a position you want to stay in.
I would like to know how sincere was the Marxism espoused by the members of the Derg. Marxism was a great way for a tyrant to legitimize power even if they believed none of it. The Soviet bloc and other communist powers supported Mengistu with arms and training, so it was beneficial for him. I hope there is peace and justice in Ethiopia soon, though I do not know what that would mean or how to achieve it.
it is full of controversy that I find hard to believe up to 1974 is 120 years of war
As bad as Mengistu was , you can't fault the Ethiopian people and military for overthrowing the monarchy. The monarchy was the last force stubbornly holding onto feudalism. The peasants are the majority of Ethiopia's population and you can only oppress the majority of people for so long before they say 'enough is enough'
All lies Ethiopian monarchs have no connection to Solomon. Expeially Selassie he was brutal dictator.
Very interesting and has made me revise how I viewed the Emperor. Cant wait for the next part😊 Absolutely love the stuff you produce on this channel
The way some religious groups praise the Emperor’s name I’m short of words.
@@hellenchoga9922 The way most people spread misinformation and propaganda against the Emperor I'm short of words.
Brother...don't be fooled by this video, everyone knows it was Colonel Mengistu that caused these problems in Ethiopia NOT Selassie.
He's a tyrant that caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands, you guys have zero clue what happened, I'm from there.
@@verysmartultrahuman939 It makes no difference where you're from; you're misinformed just like the majority of all Ethiopians.
There has to be a physical body found to make an official determination of death.
There’s A Natural Mystic Flowing Thru The Air
“Jah No Dead “
Well said Chez. To this day no body they say Mangestu kill the Emperor, Mangestu said he could never harm the lord anointed, I have visited the prayer house where the Emperor went to pray and never came back out. One door in same door out.
Haha Glory Unto H.I.M Shondo 🔥
You know and what trip me out they always get one of our own kind to spread misinformation
@ Chez & Jasmine My Question is Why Does the Ethiopian Orthodox Church THEY Built Claim the Bodies of H.I.M and his Wife❔❓❔
He was a normal human being not a God or anything devine😂😂😂
Great narration of a history the East and West would rather we forget.
I just learned so much that I didn't know before I saw this video! Thanks 👍 for that!
Glad to hear it!
This is very good this continent has some fascinating story. Its important for world know them
very informative 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Very Interesting! I think the best way to learn about African history is from documentaries done by the people themselves!! Too bad though that they couldn't have become a constitutional monarchy with a parliament and prime minister running the country instead of the royals like the U.K. I'm fascinated by the Ethiopian royals!
Existance of parliment in litteraly every single case caused revolution and had demoliberal results
Rastas say he is Jesus incarnate. Mengustu put an end to that myth and treat him like common criminal.
I'm assuming the new Rasta in Jamaica back then didn't know their hero was actually the usual monster living in luxury draped in gold while his ppl starved too death..?
That is the enemies side of the story
@@deandresmall2510 You have access to unlimited free education in the palm of your hand ,try using it..Later on the knock on effect of his terrible agriculture policies led to the colossal fammine in the 1980's after a drought.
Very good documentary. But with a little more research, you could have easily gotten authentic pictures.
One big error is that emperor Selassie did *NOT* end slavery.
Slavery was ended by the italians in 1936 and strongly enforced. The Italians used ending slavery as a justification for the war so they actually did very publicly enforce the freeing of slaves (which were often somali and eritreans which helped the Italians in the war) to convince other western nations that they were the "good guys" and to not support the exiled emperor Selassie.
When the British took control during ww2 Selassie wanted to bring slavery back as it was a deep rooted tradition, he discussed with the British about it quite strongly. However the british made it clear that if he wanted to be the emperor again slavery must remain abolished.
So he claimed to have ended slavery with a public proclamation.
But really all the slaves where freed already several years before that by the italians.
There are some incredible stories about those slaves.
The formal proclamation from the Italian government in ethiopia.
*Translated in english*
People of the (Ethiopian province of) Tigrai/etc...
HEAR: -
You must know that where the flag of Italy flies there is freedom. Therefore in your country slavery, of all types, is now abolished.
All the slaves who are currently in this region are now free and the buying and selling slaves is forbidden.
Anyone who contravenes the provisions of this announcement will be strictly prosecuted, as a transgressor to the orders of the Government.
Given in Adua on October 14, 1935 (and in other providences in 1936)
This document was printed in Ethiopian language and italian and distributed everywhere in the country.
All slave markets were closed any slave was allowed to go back to his tribe or to do as they wanted and anyone capturing, selling or refusing to let their slaves free was fined or arrested. Full implementation took around one year.
In aramaic was this (please forgive if i made some mistakes, i can't link the original image or my comment gets deleted automatically, i tried)
የኢጣልያ ፡ ባንዴራ ' ከተተከለበት ፡ አገር፡ ከዚያ ፡ አርነት ፡ መግባቱ ፡ አንደሆነ ታውቀዋለህ ። ስለዚህ : በአገርህ ፡ ውስጥ ፡ በማናቸውም ፡ ዓይነት፡ ቢሆን ፡ የባርነት'ነገር፡ ተነቅሎዋል ። ከትግሬ ፡ አገር ፡ ውስጥ ፡ ያለ ፡ ባርያ ፡ ኋላ፡ ኣራ ፡ ነው ። የባርያ : መሽጥና ፡ መግዛት ፡ ተከልክ ሎዋል ። ለዚህ ፡ የአዋጅ ፡ ቃል ፡ የሚቃወም ፡ ኋላ ፡ የመንግሥት ፡ ሕግ፡ ተላላፊ ፡ መሆኑ፡ ነውና ' በብ ርቱ : ቅጣት ፡ ይቀጣል ። አድዋ ፡ በ፫ ቀን ፡ ጥቅምት ፡ ፲፱፻፳፰ ፡ ዓ ፡ ም ። ደ ቦ ኖ ።
@@MrRedsjack My comments are being censored, the Italians used slavery as an excuse to invade Ethiopia and they definitely didn't end the slave trade. The Emperor ended slavery gradually so that two million people wouldn't become destitute and unemployed overnight.
Please provide a source that Somalis and Eritreans were slaves im Ethiopia.
@@samatar1025 The slave trade was taking place off the coast of Italian Somaliland and Italian Eritrea so it was happening while the colonialists controlled the waters, they just lied that they were there to free the slaves in order to justify their illegal war to the international community (ie. Leage of Nations). The source for this information comes from: Carter, Boake. Black Shirt Black Skin, Harrisburg, Telegraph Press, 1935, p. 62.
@@JahRastafari89 I am aware slave trade took place in Somali Territory. However ethnic Somalis were not traded as slaves. I do not condone slavery on any individual regardless of ethnicity. I am asking you for historical reference. Slaves were brought into Somalia from Ethiopia and Zanzibar to either be traded to Arabia or work in agriculture in Somalia. However ethnic Somalis as slaves is new to me.
Thanks for making this informative and interesting video
So nice of you
Thanks Mate. Good lessons here
Your facts are wrong Ethiopia was not invaded in 1930 by Mussolini the same year of Haile Selassie Coronation it was 1936 get your facts right before you start going public
why not make your own video pointing out the real facts? You sit there in your pajamas doing absolutely nothing but criticize the work of others. No documentary is 100% perfect but at least the person who put this video together did something, unlike people like you just sitting in the sideline doing noting.
@@BlackanChannel so 1) its not a big deal and afristory can just make a note in the video-discription
2) it's suppost to be history education and so we viewers expect and deserve accurate dates - i think the folks of afristory would agree.
and 3) your channel is .. wild XD ..
@@florianmerten7348 If it’s not a big deal why not create your own channel and start editing several videos at the same time and know how much work it entails. You guys just sit there doing nothing but criticize others hard work.
2) The channel entails history but some of us just came to view it as fun and just to get some basic knowledge. If you want a history channel why don’t you pay for one online ? There is the History Channel on cable you can go there and vent your criticism when you find one.
3) My channel is not for the public so we don’t advertise it. It’s for Japanese hosts and their friends to view their shows. But at least we are in Japan streaming shows and editing movies while you sit your lazy self there criticizing people’s hard work online.
@@BlackanChannel if you don't want people to criticise you publicly, then don't post anything publicly.. like it or not criticism is part of our world, and people are bound to criticise, either for good or for bad, so whatever ur hand finds to do, do it well...
Great documentary, thanks for that. The decline of the emperor reminded me of the fall of the Russian Tsar. Like the Tsar, Selassie had it coming, because you cannot keep a population in servitude without eventual, serious consequences. Just a shame that the new regime did not do much to alleviate the people's suffering.
His majesty did more to improve the country than anyone else, the land was damaged because of the amount of chemical weapons the Italians had dropped on it , after Selassie had to hide from the Derq Russian planned mission the red terror Mingitsu killed 8 million Ethiopians in the space of 5 years
@@d_vrdlovec8724 The terrors of the Mengistu regime do not vindicate Selassie. He (Selassie) should have accelerated land reform, constitutional reform, economic modernisation and pleaded for aid to combat the Wollo famine. Had he done such things Mengistu might not have had the opportunity to seize power. Having said that, perhaps it was inevitable. In Britain we killed our King in 1649. France did the same in 1793 and Russia in 1918.
@@trailingarm63
Just like the British empire and many other empires,the Ethiopian empire will come to an end one way or the other!
People are still suffering cause they don't know how to live with other cause one tribe think they better then the rest. What need to be doing is learn how to build house and plant food and quit blaming there rulers
@@ladytinker42787 Debatable. African slavery was one economic driver, that's for sure. Likewise indentured labour from China - another form of slavery. And indigent tribes were destroyed or marginalised. However, for the majority of incoming people I would say America was a land of opportunity. Still is, and that includes the descendants of slaves whose prospects in the US - I would argue - are better than if they were growing up in Africa.
Thank you Brother for this
Thank you for sharing this precious documentary. There’s much that is unknown, thank you for casting light and some of it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
We really appreciate history especially African history 🙏🏼
Many thanks
Look Ethiopia only the last 60yrs , it's a hell hole. Wars,wars, famine, wars, it's has always been brutal dictatorships one after another, unparalleled even in Africa. Sad place.
Africa as a whole is a hell hole. Only a few countries like Egypt and South Africa seem to be trying and even they are riddled with poverty and corruption.
Good job you did your research
Hail rastafari, emperor selassie,he live and never die, 🔥🔥🔥.
You got it wrong my friend.
@Marco81blues who is u to tell da person they r wrong..yall always come wit yall religious controversy
I would love to watch your documentary on Kenneth kaunda of Zambia
For the man called the father of Africa, his IMPERIAL MAJESTY HAILLE SELASSIE, this was an insult. Just pure propaganda, nothing positive to say about him but lies. RASTAFARI ALWAYS
i agree.
Seen you have to understand that many people are either highly uneducated or they have been educated through propaganda about highly Selassie and Ethiopia it is not easy to find people that have taken the time to filter through propaganda as highly Selassie told us and dedicate themselves to studying him now there are many people in Africa that request study resources from me I cannot get them there because of the shipping cost I noticed the narrator is clearly an African from Africa by his accent you can tell now he may not have the resources or he may be gullible and accepted propaganda and he is relaying it to the masses through media that is done through all different types of entities the truth is highly selassie's grandson made a statement saying that there is no evidence his father was killed and buried there is an Ethiopian tour guide that we have a video of a interview where he tells visitors they don't believe highly Selassie is buried there in Ethiopia at the memorial because they measured his bones and it measured 5 cm too long to belong to him there are many lies about how highly Selassie died war was killed and they have been exposed so that should wake some people up letting them know that you need to look deeper finding that there is no evidence he is dead and buried there is evidence that they tried to lie about his death and burial just like they did with the Christ Jesus
You take the words right out of mouth. Rastafarìiiiiiiìiiiiiiii. Jah bless 🙌
Black people worshiping the creation instead of the creator, let go of your ego he was a man, not god, god cannot die, Jesus is not god he is a prophet. I understand we’re a broken people but think logically. God cannot die, therefore he is not god
@@donnyd9372 we don't need your opinion to find God black people have found God within themselves we don't limit the abilities of the Creator there is no proof Haile Selassie is dead and he is our God we know why we don't need you to know why
You can not have 3 funeral services for a man if he passed away since 1976. (1978-1998-2001) . They are still to this day looking for Haile Selassie I (ras teferee ) ." H.I.M. can never be moved"
JAH RASTAFARI Prises to the Almighty King
@@alfonsoguzman2099 Lol, your 'almighty king' is buried under a toilet
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And the bones they discovered on the Palace grounds in 1992 belonged to a man taller than Haile Selassie but they still told the world that it was the Emperor's, committed the remains and buried it years later in a ceremony officiated by the church.
Hahahaha ja man. His just a man. An man is just a man not a Almighty God. We Africans know his just a king who make goods also mistakes. God Dont make mistakes.
Great video 🔥
Glad you enjoyed
Fantástic video, Like 👍👏
Many thanks
Slight correction he didn't simply change his name to HAILE SELASSIE. He used his baptismal name once he sat upon the throne
Whos throne
The Throne of David
He definitely was a puppet of the western nations. A tyrant who oppressed his people.
And one who lived a very extravagant life. Hell is too good a place for him.
A video on sankara please.
Thank you for your reporting and introducing our history. Ethiopia has a very long history and hopefully you will also consider doing a documentary on before and after king Haileselasa.
I wasn’t born then, but the history of this king is told differently depending which part of the country people live. To the well do, he was a very good king and to others he was horrible. According to my parents, he was an okay king since they were middle class, living in the capital city.
One thing that started to take roots during his kingdom was the ethnic divisions and dissatisfaction with his treatment among the different ethnic groups. This issue continued to brew over the years and now has boiled over to be a full blown war. Pray for us to get our country back together.
8:24 holding the general hostage and giving him the bad food was a boss move 😂
I take this back. Making him watch the documentary was the boss move.
@@MK-we9sw 😁😄
Not enough redistribution of the Wealth.. Same Ole Story..
1/3 of People on less than 1.25 Dollars A day..
Richest Person in Ethiopia
Mohammed Al Amoudi..
Estimated Wealth 4 Billion Dollars..
Approx 4000 Millionaires in Ethiopia.
Africa Resources is Worth Over 30 Trillion Dollars..
All da Best Righteous People..
A very beautiful narration ❤
Thanks a lot 😊
Great video!
thanks
Damn good docu- story brotha!
Marcus Garvey hated Haile Selassie
And?
@@user-qy6tu9ip9v selassie was a coward. He ran from the Italians and begged the white man for help COWARD!!!!!
Great content on African history
Very insightful, great and informative film
thank you for this nice, pertinent, detailed and well documented video . Now, I can better understand the causes and beginning of 1974 revolution , which was lethal to ethiopian feudal and imperial rulers
"Although blamed for hiding the famine, Emperor Haile Selassie was initially unaware of the famine, in part because government officials were reluctant to pass on bad news. Upon discovering the famine in 1973, the Emperor rebuked Crown Prince Asfa Wossen (the Duke of Wollo) for not informing him of the famine earlier, to which the prince replied that the Emperor only listened to his officials and not to him (the Prince). The prince was so stressed by this allegation that he had a stroke that evening and was hospitalised in the UK. Personal communication, Yacob Aklilu, 15 October 2008, Addis Ababa." (Lautze, Sue. et. al. Humanitarian governance in the new millennium: an Ethiopian case study, Overseas Development Institute, 2009, p. 12f.)
If you are a leader, its you job to investigate the needs of the people not sitting around lavishly waiting to be breifed. Stop giving excuses for negligence.
@@donshade2374 Haile Selassie worked 20 hour days into his eighties until he died; I assure you he wasn't "sitting around lavishly waiting" on anyone.
@@JahRastafari89 says the rasta
@@erismara9099 "At 76 years of age, His Imperial Majesty continues to work a twenty hour day, with three hours for sleep and one devoted to prayer." - Dr. Oswald Hoffman, Haile Selassie Christmas Interview (1968)
running it to ashes and ethnic cleansing my ancestors in Eritrea. Yeah, he was a hard-working man.
Being an Emperor, We have not provided for Our retirement. Spoken like a King descended from many Kings. God Rest His Own.
ኢትዮጵያ በሁሉም አካባቢዎች ታላቅና ጠንካራ ወታደራዊ ሃይሎች ነን አፍሪካዊና ኩሩ ነን!
@DBLOCK_JS BRD2021 growing economy you Bantu nappy headed bandit
How can one documentary, get so many dates wrong?
Please highlight the wrong dates out.
@@AFRISTORYNETWORK Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935
True, you stated 1930
Haile Selassie couldn't have modernized the country quick enough as there were feudalists that opposed him for implementing "western culture" which in time led to his and their demise.
People demanding free education, the state to pay for ur insurance, and medical institution is just too much to ask for a country that doesn't have much!
And the ppl in HIS country were not willing to work, That's why HE had to bring in outside workers. And that wasnt the only reason why, most of them did not have the skills and knowledge to do the jobs that need to get done. Which is why he send students of HIS empire abroad to learn; and once they completed their education he wanted them to return and use their knowledge and skills they gain abroad to work in their country, but sadly many of these students didn't return to Ethiopia to do that. They got caught up in the lifestyle of the WESTERN world and lifestyle of Europe
But he’s got money for told Royce and feed dogs of off silver plates while his people starved to death, wake up man don’t be ignorant your whole life
@@donnyd9372 my guy, i know that. in fact my father and his relatives were among the people who were starving and many of his relatives died. he did that because he wanted Ethiopia to keep it's digity during a time, Europe has a pathetic view of Africa and its people. although it's the people who payed the price not him (he went ahead and tried to show an opposite side) people are complex and people in power are also the same. Even Derg came up which was heavily supported by my father and they did even worse. they promised to do the opposite and that there wouldn't be famine. of course, there was and the turned down on their promises. you expect things to be better when time passes yet that wasn't the case for derg.
@@donnyd9372 if I was in his position I would of done the same, because those ppl didnt deserve it, those were the problem ppl. How could u starve in a fertile country, unless u are non-progressive, always wanting free hand out. And on top of it they are ungrateful. Animals treat u better than ppl. And if it wasnt for the efforts and great works of Emperor Haile Selassie black ppl like urself would be in such privileged position today, during his time great world changes were IMPLEMENTED to liberate HUMAN RIGHTS. He was the ONLY beacon of hope for BLACK ppl in the diaspora. HE WAS THE ONLY African EMPEROR. He was the ONLY EMPEROR of the TRIBE OF JUDAH, HIS monarch has GREAT direct lineage to the BIBLE (decendane of queen of Sheba and King Solomon) and his MONARCH history predates the queen of SHEBA and King SOLOMON go as far back as the time of Noah, and even further.
@@patiencevirtue3932 you sound like every ignorant bigoted person in any country “people want free handouts” no they want basic human rights and not to starve you simpleton, I hope someday you know what it’s like to go to sleep hungry, let me know so I can be there to put you out of your misery
Bob Marley song WAR is a speech spoken by Selassie during the assembly of the organisation of the African Union in 1963.
Very interesting and informative documentary on a period in Africa history when violent dictatorship were the norm. Unfortunately the empire was not able to foresee the dark forces around him which overcame him. He was probably a good man that lived for his people but through feudalism which as we know has had it time. Look into his eyes and you not see hatred or malice. Fascinating man and fascinating period.
He was a king - master of life and death of everyone in his kingdom ...but he 1:21 gave them ppl freedom ''volunterily ending the absolute power'' ''....you give them finger them take your arm, you give them inch they take a mile, so everything is just for a while'' Bob Marley ...great teaching we get from HIM ...about man, king, and God, and all things ....not everyone see it
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Rastafarians are so funny
@@abuhamzaismail4856 you dont understand that prophecy is fullfiled SON OF MAN - KIng of Kings has come ...it's Armagidion pon creation, it will not be funny to sinners soon, they surve the beast that force ppl to use ''Smart''phone, chip, QR codes pass and who not want it cannot live, work, sell or buy .....that means he let out the beast pon all flesh that comit sin to remove them of from the face of earth, purification of creation is not possibble without removing satana orgysts and uniformed cruisifyiers that ''just do their job'' for system (beast) of erthly kingdom they should MOVE OUT FROM back into free as a bird of a field living MAN, as Christ told everyone how to live ...well i waste my time to explain it to one who HAS NO EARS TO HEARS ...guess we is funny
Wow. That was pretty depressing.
All Hail the King of kings, The Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Elect of GOD of Zion [ Ethiopia ] Great Video..🇪🇹
If he’s the king of kings why aren’t he alive today ?
@@RasKalevthesouljourner Bless up Ras.
These fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
@@thylawismydeligh HIM [GOD] Lives through us, we carry His Holy Name. When u see a man with Locks on his head, the first name dat would come to your mind is Rasta!!! Which is the birth name of Emperor Halie Selassie 1st which His dad gave to him frm birth. This is how and why He still Lives!!!! When I see a Muslim or a New-Age Christian and Israelite I dont call dem by their Fathers [Gods] Name.
We the Rastaman are the True Israelites [His Real light]
Isaiah 43:7
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🕎
You are demon possessed or brain dead ,to believe that your Ethiopian dictator is anything but a sinful man. Who needs to be saved.
@@WARREN78403 are you quoting from the Bible ?
Interesting! So, Haile Selassie was not such a hero as he is seen to be by some of us outside Ethiopia?
According to the Jesuits.
@@JahRastafari89 Oh! Really?
@@OnochieAfigbo he is only hero for how own ethnic amhara he is no hero for oromos nor tigray nor Somali etc was a monster
@@ajax1472 Understood. Thanks!
@@ajax1472 Monsters don't work ceaselessly to pull their country out of poverty, ignorance, disease and illiteracy while modernizing a 3,000 year old archaic infrastructure. This is why His Majesty said, "Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?"
This is an untrue account of what happened in Ethiopia.
Enlighten us
Slavery in Ethiopia was abolished in 1942 not earlier as suggested by your moving timeline graphic. not once during his first rule did he undertake a campaign to do the right thing.
In Britain in the 1970’s, I had some Jamaican friends, who were Rastafarians. They revered Haili Selassi as a spiritual leader and the religion named after him had strict dietary laws, related to Judaism. Other laws about not cutting hair and only washing it in the sea were included. Watching this excellent documentary, it makes me wonder why the Jamaicans revered Selassi so much?
Am a Jamaican and all these false king and queen s around us never meant us no good so 1930 when him was crown 👑 we see him as our coming from the east the mother land you it was co indecent he coming to 1966 jahlive
Those Jamaicans and many others have a very superficial knowledge of Selassie.
It's not only in jamaica, some people in Africa do the same.
Emperor Haile Selassie I
Jah bless
Jah rule
Jah children
Jah reign forever
Selassie was the last great leader in Africa.
A world hero!
He was a shit leader...
No, the only African leader who is worthy to be called great was Nelson Mandela. All the rest were dictators who knew nothing on how to rule a country and ironically brought greater misery than the Europeans who colonized them.
Thomas Sankara????
As Ethiopian my self great work I would say.
Just because you're Ethiopian do that mean he telling the truth you could be 1 that didn't like H.I.M
eye-openingg !!
Tge Ethiopian revolution has always been an interesting event for me
i still dont understand why there is a street in my country named after such and oppressing african leader
Too bad you think the rest named after the other streets are saints
@@familyhouse2106 good point
We have Haille Selassie road in Botswana
Earth's rightful ruler.
Now and for ever,Ras Mike, blessed.
I hope to see something like this about M7 one day.
Nice documentary! But you forgot to mention the 1960 coup by two brothers named neway and germame. That paved the way for the 1974 coup