Last Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 with lineage tracing back to King Solomon and Queen Sheba and the Jewish emperor of Ethiopia Menelik I.
During world war II Selassie fled to England where he became a allied propagandist. And was reinstated by the British as the emporer of Ethiopia to be overthrown in 1974.
In 1975 he died under suspicious circumstances. The post-communist government denied him a royal funeral.
Selassie is seen as a messsiah/holy person to the rastafarian faith.
Like the Selected Speeches this book is great to understand Haile Selassie I through his words. It has some unique utterances which I believe you can only read via this book.