Haile Selassie was known as a child as Lij Tafari Makonnen. Lij is translated as "child" and serves to indicate that a youth is of noble blood. His given name Tafari means "one who is respected or ...

Thirty years after he earned a niche in history with a poignant appeal to the League of Nations, Haile Selassie I this month appears before another international forum with a much different purpose.

On Sept. 12, 1940, the prehistoric Lascaux cave paintings were discovered by four teenagers who stumbled upon the ancient artwork in France. Rastafari movement Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: ኃይለ ...

The death of deposed Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie on August 27, 1975, remains shrouded in mystery 25 years on as plans go ahead for his remains to be buried in a state funeral on Sunday.

Haile Selassie, Ethiopia's former emperor, was dethroned 50 years ago. The king, who befriended leaders in the US, Europe and ...

Emperor Haile Selassie pictured with the Mayor of Bath William Gallop in 1954 Objects belonging to the former Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, who lived for some years in Bath, are set to go on ...

Haile Selassie’s grandson has bought an Ethiopian shield at an auction to return the artefact to its homeland. The object, ...

Haile Selassie is reported to be the 225th descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, also known as Queen Makeda It has been 50 years since an emperor, described by many as the "Father of ...

A STOLEN ancient Ethiopian shield has finally retuned back its homeland after more than 150 years. His Imperial Highness ...

He came to the U.S. as an exchange student for his senior year of high school, then enrolled in Haile Selassie I University, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He spent just one year there. Menkerios’ English ...

Selassie is director of the Institute of Human Origins and lead investigator for the Woranso-Mille field site, which has yielded fossil contemporaries of Lucy’s species.