Haile Selassie I’s Ethiopia, Volume One: The Rise of the Priestly Warrior Kings
by Kwasi Bonsu, Esq.

$32.00

Four years of famine and drought was taking its toll on the Ethiopian people in 1892 when the rains came suddenly on the night of July 23. Water drenched the land, washed away animal carcasses and flowed like red rivers through the town of Ejersa Goro. At the same moment, a mother was experiencing a miracle of her own, giving birth to her first living child in nine attempts. That baby boy, in 38 years, would become world renown Emperor Haile Selassie I.

In griot-like fashion, Ras Tafari attorney, artist, actionist and now author, Kwasi Bonsu, Esq., analyzes Ethiopian history leading up to the birth moment of Lidj Tafari Makonnen. He skillfully enthralls the reader with the royal intrigue, religious tensions, international affairs and looming threats from Europe affecting the boy’s father, Ras Makonnen (Ethiopian foreign minister and governor of Harar), as well as his cousin, Emperor Menelik II.

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On Back Cover: Haile Selassie I's Ethiopia, Volume One: The Rise of the Priestly Warrior Kings is a fascinating exploration of the Ethiopian royal history anchored by the birth story of Ethiopia's 225th ruler from the Solomonic line, His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie I.

This first of seven planned volumes explores the Ethiopian history and conditions in 1892, the year that Haile Selassie I was born, from a pan-African perspective. It outlines how his birth occurred in the midst of the European scramble for Africa, marking the end of an era and the dawn of a new beginning. Transporting the reader through time, this work gives a front row seat to the events that shaped not only Ethiopia but the world-at-large.

Format: Paperback, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 436 pages
Language: English
ISBN: 9780985375508
Catalog Number: BEX0007

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