(thanks to Ras Adamfor the picture of Selassie)
This is a page dedicated to the various African Kings and Queens, of which Emperor Haile Selassie is King (King of Kings). These are different Africans which I feel faught for justice and what is right. Following the example set by Selassie. Selassie is the most powerful of all kings, none have ever or will ever accomplish the things he has done, so when African King Kwame Nkrumah wanted to unite all of Africa, he turned to none other than Selassie because he knew Selassie was the strongest African Ruler and the only one capable of Uniting Africa. This was the beggining of The O.A.U.Since this page is not about His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, I won't go on about him, to read about him please refer to my Haile Selassie I Archives.
Bob Marley
(thanks to www.bobmarley.comfor the picture of Bob and Selassie picture) Bob Marley can easily be compared to the apostle and saint, Paul. Like Paul Bob spread the word of his God to all 4 corners of the earth. Also it is known that Bob was half white just as Paul was (half Roman). If you beleive that Haile Selassie is the second coming of the Messiah then its not hard to say that Bob could possibly be the second coming of Paul. Bob was a very wise man, as wise as the wise King Solomon, and gave many people inspiration.
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey stood up for not only his rights but his culture his people and his God. Marcus had an unfair life but he wouldn't except it, he faught what was not right everywhere he found it. He founded the United Negro Improvement Association and accomplished many other great things. One thing marcus is famous for is this quote which varies among different sources "look to Africa for the crowning of a King, he shall be the redeemer", a prophecy of the crowning of Ras Tafari. It is because of this that Rastas recognize Marcus as a prophet. I will again compare him to a biblical character, John the Baptist, foretold of the soon to come Messiah. Once again if you beleive Selassie to be the second coming of the Messiah, it would be easy to say that Marcus is the secong coming of one of his prophets.
Kwame Nkrumah
(thanks to Ras Adamfor the picture of Selassie and Nkrumah)NKRUMAH, Kwame (1909-72). One of the outstanding leaders in the African struggles against colonialism in the 1950s was Kwame Nkrumah. He became the first president of independent Ghana and later established a one-party dictatorship.
Nkrumah was born in Nkroful, Gold Coast, in September 1909. He graduated from Achimota College in 1930 and taught in Roman Catholic schools and at a seminary. His interest in religion was deflected by the politics of African nationalism in about 1934. He went to the United States in 1935 and studied at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. After graduation in 1939 he earned master's degrees from Lincoln and the University of Pennsylvania. Politically Nkrumah was a Marxist-socialist. After studying at the London School of Economics, Nkrumah returned home in 1947 and became a spokesman in the United Gold Coast Convention to work for self-government. In 1950 he initiated a program of nonviolent noncooperation against British rule.
In 1951 Nkrumah was elected to Parliament, and in 1952 he became prime minister. When the Gold Coast and British Togoland became independent as the nation of Ghana in 1957, his party controlled the legislature. In 1960 he was named president and in 1964 became president for life. His rule, which lasted until a military coup ousted him on Feb. 24, 1966, was authoritarian, and his economic policies were a total failure. He went into exile in Guinea and died in Bucharest, Romania, on April 27, 1972.
He worked with Selassie to unite all of Africa, forming the O.A.U.
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Nelson Mandela
(thanks to The Nelson Mandela Homepage for the picture) MANDELA, Nelson (born 1918). A folk hero for South African blacks, Nelson Mandela led the armed struggle against their homeland's segregationist policies. Dismayed by the apparent failure of nonviolent resistance, he was an outlaw for 18 months often wearing disguises to outwit the authorities. Ultimately he became a worldwide symbol of victory against apartheid when he was freed from a life sentence in prison.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on July 19, 1918, near Umtata, Transkei. To pursue a political career, he renounced his right to succeed his father as chief of the Tembu tribe. He studied law by correspondence. In 1944 he joined the African National Congress (ANC) and helped found its influential Youth League. His first jail sentence (suspended) was for the ANC's 1952 Defiance Against Unjust Laws Campaign.
After the 1960 massacre of thousands of unarmed pass-law protesters, Mandela became a fugitive. Security police caught him in 1962. In 1964 he was convicted of acts of sabotage while leading an underground wing of the banned ANC. As his legend grew, a campaign for his freedom intensified in the 1980s. Mandela was set free on Feb. 11, 1990. He shared the 1993 Nobel peace prize with South Africa's president, F.W. de Klerk.
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Jomo Kenyatta
(thanks to Ras Adamfor the picture of Selassie and Kenyatta)KENYATTA, Jomo (1894?-1978). When the East African nation of Kenya gained its independence from Great Britain in 1963, Jomo Kenyatta became its first prime minister. His adult career, from 1922 onward, had spanned the whole period of Kenya's pursuit of independence a movement for which he was the chief spokesman for 30 years.
Kenyatta was born in about 1894 in Ichaweri, in the East African highlands. His parents, members of the Kikuyu tribe, gave him the name Kamau. Childhood fascination with the life of European settlers led him to run away from home and study in a Christian mission school. As a young man he went to live in Nairobi, the capital, where he worked for the colonial government. In 1922 he joined the East Africa Association, and when that was disbanded, he helped organize the Kikuyu Central Association in 1925. These groups sought independence for Kenya in opposition to Britain's intent to consolidate East African territories into one country.
From 1930 to 1946 Kenyatta spent most of his time in England studying and meeting other anti-colonial leaders. He returned to East Africa in 1946 to become leader of the new Kenya African Union and to mobilize anti-colonial sentiment. He was imprisoned by the British from 1953 to 1961. After his release he went to London to negotiate Kenya's independence. His party won the pre-independence elections in May 1963, and he became prime minister in December. He became president of Kenya in 1964 and held office until his death at Mombasa on Aug. 22, 1978.
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Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe Independence Concert(thanks to www.bobmarley.comfor the picture)Robert Mugabe was Zimbabwe's first prime minister after the independence from England.
Menelik II
(picture of Menelik and Ras Tafari, thanks toHaile Sellassie Family Web)Menelik was a mentor and teacher to the young Ras Tafari. He was a powerful King and fought bravely against the French and won, keeping Ethiopia free. He "paved the way" for Haile Selassie.
Queen Menen
(thanks to Ras Williams for the picture of Queen Menen and Selassie) under construction
soon to come
Solomon
Queen Sheba
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