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Haile Selassie In Jamaica

On 21 April 1966 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia made a spectacular arrival in Jamaica. He was revered as a holy figure by the Rastafarian movement on the island.

In April 1966, Ethiopia's emperor Haile Selassie made a spectacular arrival in Jamaica. It was his first and only visit to the birthplace of the Rastafarian movement which revered him. A quarter of a million people greeted him at the airport.

(Photo: Emperor Haile Selassie speaking to the BBC in 1954)

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