Haile Selassie: King of Kings
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NYTimes, obituary: www.nytimes.com/1975/08/28/ar...
Guardian review of King of Kings: www.theguardian.com/books/201...
DW, Ethiopia’s Rastafari community: www.dw.com/en/why-ethiopias-r...
BBC podcast: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04x...
CBC Ethiopia’s famines: www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel...
Video of Selassie’s coronation: • Haile Selassie Coronat...
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Hello from Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Can you do videos on the Opium Wars in Asia?
Rasta Farai Makonnen Emperor Haile Selassiewas a major inspiration of the Reggae Movement from Jamaica, regards, Alex.
You should do a video of robert smalls slave who stole a Confederate boat
8:41 ...correct translation from Amharic is = FIRST POWER OF THE TRINITY ....and that is the father? ...its father, son, and a holy spirit
Mexico was one of the only nations to vote to condemn Italy’s invasion in the League of Nations. There is a Mexico Square in Addis Ababa to celebrate this.
i never knew this. My school is in that area
I did not know that, thanks!!
Oh how the attitudes of the typical Mexican has changed since then
I'm putting Mexico visit on my bucket list.
I didn't know that fact. Thanks!
I am an Ethiopian🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹 and big fan of this channel, I have never been so proud to see haileslassie here thanks biographics 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
He killed ALOT of Eritreans if you are a Christian you shouldn’t glorify murders
@@santosfc16 this channel is not about appraisal. They did segment on the worst guys in history too like Ivan the terrible. My intention was also not to glorify, I was just happy they covered it. 🙏🏽🙏🏽 Sorry if I caused any harm to you
@@santosfc16 so did Isaias + Italian, so it must be a normal thing in Eritrea. Just say don't take it personally
@@santosfc16 uhhhh, you shouldn’t glorify murder no matter what invisible sky daddy you believe in….. if you need a book to teach you how to live I suggest three little pigs, it’s much more fun of a read
Love from Jamaica
Back in 1968 as a 7 year old in Melbourne, Australia, I saw, and had the top of my head patted by Haile Selassie when he visited here.
I had to ask my Mum, who was that man?
Never forgot it.
sure bud
@@Thiiink lol
He was blessing you 👍
As an Italian I must point out that the invasion of Ethiopia was more humiliating for Italy than for Ethiopia: Mussolini sent in half a million men with 795 tanks, 2,000 guns, and 595 aircrafts against 800,000 underarmed Ethiopians supported by 4 antique tanks (a gift from a more honorable Italy than the one created by Mussolini), 7 armored cars, 234 obsolete guns, and 13 planes (of which only 3 were combat capable, and obsolete), and Ethiopia still resisted effectively until Mussolini ordered to use gas and terror tactics.
That invasion only humiliated and dishonored Italy, and should have been punished faster.
nice out look bro
Humble facts.
You can feel that… but that Italian invasion was the only thing that beat out the last slave state of Africa. Ending African enslavement
It was tigray who defeated the italian
@@ipolygon1 Ethiopian emperors owned African slave. King Menilik sold 80 men from Ethnic Oromo in exchange for weapons. Savage emperors in the way they treated their people but shoe shining subordinates to the colonial powers. 100 million people and only one group believe in haile Selassie "greatness" and that's his ethnic group the amhara. For the rest of ethiopians, he was an effeminate yellow-bellied coward who fled to Britain.
“If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructions but from the very life experience itself”
Haile Selassie
he should have remembered that later in life
@@enqrbit How so?
@@NoName-de1fn apparently he became a little despot-ish later on....
@@NoName-de1fn Did you skip the other half of the video?
Exactly. They need to get over their little jealousy issues and stop talking reckless on our OG like that😤
"Apart from the Kingdom of the Lord there is not on this earth any nation that is superior to any other. " Hail selassie
Truth laid bare prophetically
😃😃😃😃
Hi
Sad story 🙄
Stop worshipping man dutty pagan
My great uncle was Haile Selassie's private pilot sometime after he stopped flying B-17s in WWII - I've seen the gold watch he gave him when he stopped flying for him . Anyway, my mom did a bunch of genealogy research but this was a real eye-opener. Thank you for putting this together. I wish now I would have spoken to my uncle more bout his time as Selassie's pilot before he passed away.
I am Ethiopian, from the Tigray tribe. Thank you do muchbfor doing an excellent job on this fascinating and complex man. He definitely left his mark in history not just for Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Jamaica, but also the world.
I hope our people will be able to live peacefully together, I love Tigray
This is the Tigray that I know!!
This is the honest tigray person I ever saw
Imagine calling millions of people a Tribe Lol
Just for anyone confused, that Marcus Garvey quote the video labels "1960" is actually "1916. Makes the timeline make a lot more sense.
Cheers for that mate! 👍
But we wouldn't have this problem if Sam was doing the editing!
@@kylarstern7627 or if Simon was doing more cocaine
I thought that's what I was hearing....
When your mom is driving you to school, and a gang member from a rival neighborhood is clearly throwing up his set in your direction, so you gotta act like you from nowhere so the car don’t get sprayed😌
Thanks
That had me wondering also
"He maynot have been perfect, his improvements broadly undone by the Derg's bloody rule. But he still was a transformative leader, one whose name will echo throughout history."
Very true.
listen to reggae, they praise his name over and over
Without European invasion he would have never had that famine problem tbh
he was a dictator and killed a lot of people in Eritrea
As a Kenyan/African, I love this! Greetings to my Ethiopian brothers and sisters from the US. 🇰🇪 🇺🇸 🇪🇹
@k c he resides in the States
Thank the son of jomo kenyatta🙏
His Majesty Hileselase was a friend of Kenya's first President Jomo Keneyatta.
He made a.state visit and one of the majour highway is named after him in Nairobi - Haileselase Aveneu.
While Kenya was under British colony,many Ethiopians were supporting the mao mao movement. The Ethiopian students in America were campaigning against the British on thier rule in Kenya which many Kenyans are not educted in thier school.
This dude was racist to the dark black people nothing than racist criminal hanging with white illuminati now he taking breakfaste with their lord lucifer. devil all this calling African saviour he was nothing but devil.
Vericpusvein 12:01 12:01 curesthe,@@andenetashenafi814
So interesting in Jamaica I heard about him since I was a boy, when I got older and did my research, he was to say the least a very revolutionary man way ahead of his time. Ethiopia is such an interesting country.
Ethiopia has one of the most impressive collections of early human paleontology fossils on the entire planet. They have a huge research and teaching facility that houses some of the most important fossils in human development, including the famous skeleton of “Lucy”.
Neat. Thanks for sharing.
I got to see Lucy once, at the Peabody Museum.
Hope that you got a chance to go to Gonder and to see the seven churches in Lalibela.
I did not realize that. I'm not knowledgeable about rastafarians at all. Everyone I know about them comes from Keith Richard's autobiography. He started a great band in Jamaica (the wingless angels), and was not part of the religion, but thought it made some sense, considering the situation in the islands. The only other rasta I knew of was a friends brother who was just really violent and high all the time. I can't imagine someone that high wanting to be violent, but, who knows ...
This is really cool! Just one question, would it be “human paleontology” or “archaeology”? I only ask because I’m studying archaeology and I didn’t know if there was also such thing as human paleontology.
One of my favorite ones in a while.
I always love hearing about Ethiopia as it’s a fascinating country to me. From the origin of humans to being one of the most prominent Christian superpowers in the Red Sea to the fact that it never got officially colonized. It’s history and culture I will never get tired of hearing about.
First Christian state 💪🏾 arguments about whether or not Armenia was first but they both converted within a year or two of each other so I'm giving it to both of them.
We are the true Israelite too.
The ancient Christian superpower of Adulis/Axum is unrelated to modern Ethiopia, and Abyssinia was itself an empire that had slavery until the 1930s.
nothing exists there but famine
Thank you so much for your love of our wonderful ancient proud Ethiopia 🇪🇹!
My grandfather was the governor of Wollo region during the emperor’s reign. He had devised a complex solution to the drought that involved transporting food from the west of the country and storing it in large underground bunkers. There was actually excess good in the western part of Ethiopia at that time but the road and transport was the issue. So he went to ask the emperor for funds and was denied. He went back the following year and again was turned down as the emperor opted to purchase arms for defence with the little budget he had. So my grandfather asked to step down. The following year the Derg used the famine as a propoganda tool to gain popular support and the emperor was removed from power. The only reason the communists didn’t kill my grandfather was because they found his diary that he had always kept and it talked all about this plan for Wollo. He was spared. Ironically the communist Derg ended up being far far worse than anything negative that the emperor ever did.
Do you by any chance have a copy of the diary,you should publish a book about it as it is the history of the entire country !
Who was your grandfather? We might be related?
That couldn't have been true . The governor wallo at the time was my nephew's Grand father was actually killed by Derge. With the 60 ministers. His name was Legese bezu.
@@zedmekonnen901 it’s 100% true. My grandfather stepped down before the Derg came to power. Ask your nephews family if they knew Dejazamach Mamo Seyoum 👍🏽
@@alexandervajda7308 Dejazamch Mamo Seyoum
An Ethiopian here and I say Bravo 👏🏽 to you, really detailed and in-depth research was done to make this video. Only one update Mussolini was attacking Ethiopia mainly to avenge the Battle of Adwa, a battle fought in the late 19th century where Ethiopian with small ammunition, spires and swords beat an Italian army with modern ammunitions.
Wasn’t the Emperors statue destroyed by some activists in 2020?
@@matthewct8167 No statues were destroyed in 2020 to the best of my knowledge.
Where was the power or this God in his time and why do gods die where why
Yes, you are right. I am from the Tigray tribe and remembered hearing as a child that our country's army took spears and targeted the Italisn war aircraft, bringing these planes down. Ethiopians refused to be colonized under any circumstances.
My Father actually got to meet Haile Selassie in person. When he was a kid, Selassie was visiting his school (The Holy Trinity Church) and the kids were told not to see him when he passes by so when he visited, every kid put their backs towards him. Except for my father. He just stood there facing him and Selassie just nodded at him. Shortly afterwards, a teacher threatened to hit him once the ceremony was over but he probably forgot about it since he was never hit that day.
Got Eem💪🏽
The rest of the world always had an agenda to denounce the true image
@@razzakb3eru561 100% truth!
My dad was for two years the head master of "Menelik II School" in Addis Abeba. He actually got to shake the Emperor's hand. They were told not to squeeze to hard when shaking hands since the Emperor might have to shake hundreds of hands on one occasion.
I still have the menue from a banquet at the Imperial Palace my dad attended. The Swedish contingent performed some folk dances at the Emperor's birthday. The "ox dance" amused him somewhat.
@@razzakb3eru561 His true image was a narcissist who suppressed any kind of free speech?
A few years ago an old Englishman who is now deceased told me that He met Haile Selassie I in 1966, during His state visit to Barbados 🇧🇧. He described His countenance as that not of a regular human being. When I asked him what he meant by that he looked down to the ground while scratching the back of his neck and said "I am still trying to work it all out"....an interesting and most mystifying response if you ask me!...I believe that we are all expected to recognize Him.
The blind man stumbles and knows not what he walks into, because he is blind - I can fully appreciate, empathize and understand way you speak in this way 😉....I genuinely hope that you don't run out of time like it will for many....that's why I am on here. Many of us say that we are nice, loving, fair etc. But this time you will have to make an evaluation and a judgement for yourself.....This is the ultimate vindication!...please tell me what you believe in.....He once said "No one should question the faith of others for no one knows the ways of God"....I wonder how He knows this?
Still just a man. Africans in the caribbean were just excited about a black emperor and exaggerated this man. Smh
The blind man stumbles, for he knoweth not what makes him stumble.
It’s those very reasons I refuse to put the Black label with my being a German-Jew. Why? Because I’m not a Black Jew or Black German. I’m Afro-Aryan and Afro-Israeli. And, the best way to simplify that is by telling people I’m a German-Jew despite what my countenance suggests😆
The only thing in your metaphorical bags are hatred, disrespect and evil 😈 . For this is what you chose to be. You cone on here to provoke, drespect and scoff. You have already reaped your reward. If you direspect again I will ask the universe to pay you exactly what you deserve (so that you might believe and get a devine visitation, that you may depart from your hubris and foolish arrogance and cone to "the only true and living God" - there is no other that can deliver you. Peace
My great grandmother was a cook housekeeper at a home owned by Colonel Harding who had Haillie Selassie staying with him, she met him often, and he gave her a stick with a silver end and tip, for being so good to him, which she later gave to her son who was a Sergeant in two Scots Regiments in ww2. This was during his exile from Ethiopia in ww2
Wow, that's culturally significant. I hope they kept passing it dowm in the fam
@@user-jq9in7of1c I think it is still with his descendants, we have not had a lot of contact with them to know for sure.
You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain
As a Child, I lived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 1964- 1968, I went to school there and had many Ethiopian Friends. Thank you for this wonderful video. Incredible. Greetings from Indonesia
May Haile Salessie rest in Heaven by God's side.
A hug to my Ethiopian brothers from Portugal.
❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏
He excuted his opponents heaven should be for the pure
@@hassengawwad1739 that's why Purgatory
@@hassengawwad1739 And he regrettedthe very one he wrongfully executed.
@@hassengawwad1739 Men like David and Joshua fought many battles and they're in Heaven
Can we get a story on Marcus Garvey?
I’m reading Cutting for Stone. A story of 2 surgeons (brothers) born in Ethiopia 🇪🇹. It touches a bit on the politics and history but this episode was extremely enlightening and helpful. Thank you Simon
1:30 - Chapter 1 - Once upon a time, in zion
5:30 - Chapter 2 - Rise of an emperor
9:35 - Mid roll ads
10:55 - Chapter 3 - Invasion
14:50 - Chapter 4 - Return of the king
18:20 - Chapter 5 - The conquering lion of judah
21:45 - Chapter 6 - The end of an emperor
It’s amazing. He literally gets acknowledged by a white man as being that dude. And, for some reason that’s still not good enough😂
@@the2ndcoming135
Not good enough for who? Are you being sarcastic or just making an observation? I'm not trying to be obtuse, I'm just not sure what you mean exactly..
@@christineparis5607 depends on the culture. Not trying to single out any particular one. I just know your people generally want their prince/king to look like them. Kinda stupid. But, oh well. That’s their problem.
@@the2ndcoming135 it's crazy George Washington was the son of a bitch and America talks about him everyday but look how we do our people that did things for us
@@ikanfire2379 well don’t let my pic fool you. It’s the man of sorrows for a reason. Kinda making myself unattractive because of the very reasons you just spoke of.
Long live Nipsey Hussle
If nipsey taught you about him you are slow
Nip was Eritrean 😂
Naw fr doe 🔥
@@boiboithegreat2483 nah not at all I just know before nip was taken away from us he was studying this particular individual along with other greats who walked this world so yea nip is who brought this king to my knowledge
@@boiboithegreat2483 but slow never that cuzzo
I don't believe I have watched a more researched, well presented video on Africa or it's history. Thank you for this
Omg our King Ras Teferi story told proper. Thanks Simon
Praise Ye Jah! Praise the Emperor. Our King of Kings ~ Sizzla
This is phenomenal! There were so many things happening concurrently during this period in history. I have learned a lot of new things and appreciate the time spent to compile this information. Thank you!
HIM Haile Selassie truly loved his country and people, which cannot be said for any Ethiopian government that came after him.
Rest in Power.
He ran when war came his way ...
His Majesty fought tirelessly on the frontline against the Italians, the footage is on youtube… He went into exile against his own wishes and went along with the advice of his council and wife to seek to end the war through means of diplomacy at the League of Nations… The rest is history… Haile Selassie was congratulated by winston Churchill for being the first to conquer fascism in world war 2… Facts…
My grandparents worked for him in Bath so thanks for this video. He apparently gave schools and other things to the people of Bath too during his stay in exile
In England?
@@aquariuscheers9191 yes in an area called Newbridge
I am a big fan of your channel thanks for taking time to learn my country hero’s keep up with the great work Simon🇪🇹🇬🇧
I really appreciate how this short documentary was conducted unbiased and neutral.
God bless Ethiopia 🇪🇹 if it was not for Ethiopia there would be no black history today. Ethiopia keep and preserve African people history.
Selassie is considered by some historians to be one of or the last ruler of any nation to engage in military combat whilst in power.
Well another Ethiopian...Prime minister Abiy Ahmed repeated the same action as his brave Grand fathers! In 2021
@@CHERKE_JEMA5575 Abiy the war criminal
@@walkercramer8765 no, Walker Cramer is the war criminal
YAAAY!!! I'd been requesting this one!! Thanks Simon!
Thank you for your channel, I enjoy it very much. Your voice and delivery are GOOD and I learn so much by watching your episodes.
Excellent documentary, many thanks to Simon and the team.
The day Selassie was overthrown, Asadollah Alam, the Shah of Iran’s Minister of the Court, wrote in his diary, “Inevitably one is inclined to draw parallels. They are not reassuring.” Too bad the Shah couldn’t see that.
The shah wasn't that smart anyways.
My father told me stories of his childhood in ethiopia, as did my mother. one story was about how my grandfather was nearly murdered by Italians for being a Jew. my dad smuggled Jews out of Ethiopia so they could get to israel, while the country was under lockdown under the military communist dictatorship. it's so surreal to listen to this.
Religion is the worst.
And then those the jews genoziced and murdered tons of Palestinians… and illegaly occupied it even till now
@@nasri7 git gud
Great video. Perhaps something omitted here would be the gallant resistance that was happening all over Ethiopia during the Italian occupation. Mussolini's forces were able to control major towns but they incurred recurrent raids on their troop's movement, outpost, supply lines and had difficulty retaining control of rural areas due to the 5 yeear rebellion led by the likes of the legendary Belay Zeleke, Jegema Kello and Ras Seyoum Mengesha. Though outgunned, Arbgenoch (name of the resistance in Amharic) held out by fighting a brave Guerilla war until 1941.
In essence, the fight against fascism was being fought in the highlands of Ethiopia years before the war had begun in Europe. Many paid the ultimate sacrifice fighting to retain our independence but they succeeded even against overwhelming odds. Each year since 1941, we celebrate the bravery of our heroes on May 5th.
Very well written, also the Emperor did not just simply flee Ethiopia as this would mention
The Emperor was in north with His Fighting force (near the are of the mountain known as a defender "he who goes before the emperor" not 100% sure on that, my memory could be off)
Manning an anti aircraft gun fighting against the invading Italian army.
He would note the bravery of the enemy aircraft he would see diving down against oncoming fire.
Unfortunately the enemy forces were overwhelming and using chemical weoponary, the emperor's own hands had seen damage.
Decision was made to retread, against advice the Emperor had made the decision to detour on the way back to Addis Ababa and pilgrimage to Lalibella, a longer, ardeuos and difficult journey.
Upon arrival at Lalibella the Emperor went on to spend the night in Deep Prayer, visibly distressed.
Returning from the front along his path through Lalibella to Addis Ababa where after meeting with the Ministry, it had been decided for the best that the emperor to leave the empire and personally appeal to the league of nations. The Emperor was seen off by Train, with him others also left.
This train left from Addis Ababa to Djibouti, and then to the port, where a British Naval ship (not sure of name) had taken the Emperor as guest.
His first stop, Jerusalem! Where upon his arrival the local population was stunned at this personality.
He went on to spend the time praying with Monks at the Ethiopian Holy Site Staying the night, again in deep meditative pray.
(Dome of the church of the sepulchre?)
Hope you find something of interest in what is written.
Regards
Very interesting and informative video!Thank you Biographies
Thank you Bio Graphics as I have learnt something new today. I have heard of Haile Selassie but I didn't not know a grest deal about him.
Never thought you'd do such a video, it was informative and super interesting, bless up. Much respects from Jamaica
He was a great leader of Ethiopia and fought for African independence. He is one of the founding father of African Union. He armed different rebels from different African countries to fight colonialism.
Rest In Peace King.
Great informative video. First time I heard of him was from the Lupe Fiasco song.
i think u failed to mention emperor menilk the one who defeated the Italians becoming the first and only African nation to beat the colonizing force and the person who was really responsible for the modernization of Ethiopia
He did so however with the help of a few European Empires who were enemies with Italy, people forget that while the Europeans were out colonizing the world they were also butting heads and fighting with each other a lot....it was pretty normal for a European power to align themselves with a native group or indigenous empire to take a stand against one of their enemies....take for example how the Ottomans aligned with Germany in ww1 because both powers had a common enemy in France and Britain....colonialism is often portrayed as this "white people Vs indigenous people" which for the most part it was, but there was also a lot of "white people Vs white people" and "white people align with indigenous people to take out other white people or other indigenous people too".... South Africa is a perfect example of this, how the Basotho, Xhosa, Swati tribes aligned with the British against the combined alliance of the Boers and the Zulu and in exchange the Swati were awarded with their own land and country called Eswatini or Swaziland today and the baSotho were given Lesotho as their country within the borders of South Africa.
@@cyborgchicken3502 not really the only help emperor Menelik II received was in the form of an arms deal from the Russians. he did however manage to modernize his army prior to the Italo-Ethiopian-war I through trade with the British and Italians themselves. To downplay an entire nation's achievement against colonization as some proxy war between western countries is ignorant. you wouldn't say the french won USA its independence despite it having received far more help and aid than the Ethiopians had in both of their wars against the Italians.
Menelik hid in his cave with his Shewa royal guard. It was the masterful strategy by the great Tigrayan general Ras Alula that was responsible for this victory . In fact Ras Alula advocated to follow the retreating Italians into Eritrea and destroy them completely restoring Eritrea back to Ethiopia. But the weak Menelik decided to let them retreat and then made a treaty with them that they get to keep Eritrea. Fast forward to this day and you can see the devastating consequences of this decision. Ethiopia is landlocked , Eritrea is ruled by a dictator , and war is rampant .
@@cyborgchicken3502 The white man Minlik(he believed he was white) him self went ahead and colonized Oromos and southern nations right after. With the help of the British obviously. He was 100x more brutal then British ever was.
But let’s not talk about that….
@@conqueringlion3734 Eritreans would’ve succeeded anyway. The filthy tplf 🐀 saved ur country from total destruction in 91’.
Focus on ur country and never bring up Eritrea.
I needed this video in 2013 when I was studying Ethiopia at university
Its about time I've been waiting on this one for ever.
Really good. One of your best. You get a Big Fat WTG! Was impressed especially with the finish. Had relatives who were teachers there in the mid-1950s as part of Selassie's progressive era, their program was a forerunner tp the Peace Corp I was told.
been waiting on this one for a while..thank you whistler
Looks to me like one of those real-life cautionary tales -- that however good of a person you think you are, even if you're absolutely right about that, absolute power will still corrupt you.
And because that power is absolute, even one or two not-so-great decisions can cause truly massive amounts of harm.
Yes, but it's a very sensible balance - you must think about the long term. Would you do something that would make you unpopular while it would indirectly benefit everyone else? You have to be able to look at the bigger picture. Probably his grand plan was not working out as he planned it, so he had a bumpy road and a mega failure.
This is also classic case of "die the hero or live long enough to become the villain."
Except, though he ruled with an iron fist, he was apparently not corrupt. To my eyes it looks like he was doing what needed to be done. Seems everyone else was corrupt, they craved that which they did not have, so they killed him for it. If that is not corruption, I don't know what is. What say you about that?
@@danielduncan6806 That throwing lavish parties for yourself to cover up a famine in your nation sounds pretty darn corrupt to me :)
It took a commendably long time, but he still got there in the end.
I think if you judged him by any standards other than the one guy with ultimate power and ultimate responsibility for his nation, you could probably still call him a good man to the end.
But unfortunately for him, those were the standards that he chose for himself, and people will judge him by them.
The people who came after certainly did seem to be more corrupt, based on what's said in this video.
Well said, as a Rastafarian we still need to be aware of his human flaws, can’t get carried away in well intended mysticism.
Great vid biographics, so much info there about Ethiopia sad and gripping.
This episode was great. Keep it up!
During the Wello famine, the traditional landlords took what little food was produced and sold it for huge profits to the cities. The millions who starved did so in the shadows of well-stocked grainaries. That’s why the Derge found it so easy to turn people against the Emperor, who kept the landlords powerful as long as they were subservient to him.
That's very true. The worst part was when he celebrated his birthday in an extravagant ceremony with a huge cake that was made in the U.K while millions were starving to death. There are even stories of how the cake was damaged due to turbulence en route to Addis Ababa and that it was returned back to the U.K to be remade.
The acts of said landlords doe not suggest complicity on behalf of the Emperor. Also, "subservience to Him" makes it sound as if He was simply a self-serving autocrat, which of course is not true, not by any stretch.
@@irical100 I mean, he was self-serving to a degree. His vision for Ethiopia was to make it a respected and modern nation on the continent, but only with him as its non-negotiable focal point. In many ways he viewed Ethiopia as an extension of himself. It doesn't take away from some of the positive reforms he introduced, but it should not be ignored either.
@@irical100 he was complicit
He hated that region and people and didn’t care they were starving nor sent any aid that way
You assume Selassie had power over those landlords.
I was explaining king Selassie and his position in Rastafari beliefs to my kids the other day lol ..they were equally as captivated as I long have been about it.
He was an Emperor
@@ima8533 king and Emperor are interchangeable
@@rasamun-ra3216 no tf it’s not in this instance, in Ethiopia the emperor was negus negast
King of kings aka emperor
A king rules over a kingdom a emperor rules over a empire the Ethiopian empire was a combination of multiple kingdoms
With the emperor being the highest of them all
@@rasamun-ra3216 a governor, prince or general could have more power than kings in those times,
But no one had more power than the emperor
These so-called Rastafari beliefs don't lie to your kids
*Wow, you have just earned yourself a new subscriber 👏👏👏*
When will Netflix or a big Hollywood studio do a proper epic series or movie on the life of Halie Selassie?!
I thought I read somewhere that Ethiopia was a political power during the period where Byzantium was a power in the Eastern Mediterranean. They exchanged ambassadors and had diplomatic ties. Imagine a country that is so old that it had a presence on the world stage from the Roman era until we were sending rockets into space.
It might have been the oldest monarchy in all history
Indeed, it was the Kingdom of Axum, it was one of the four 'civilised' empires, 'Rome', 'Persia', 'China' and 'Axum', it's basically tied with Armenia as the first-second christian nation in the world, even before Rome itself, they had control of Yemen too!
Ethiopia is one of the most fascinating countries you’ll ever read about as they have their own unique sect of Christianity to the fact that they never suffered European colonialism.
If you're not t aware of the battle of Adwa 1896, do check it out. Never since Hanibal defeated Rome had a European army ever been defeated until this battle. War strategists to this day say it is "mindboggling" how men brandishing spears and shields could defeat a fully militarized Iralian army. Bless
The period where Byzantium was a power in the Eastern Mediterranean for a very long time. But Ethiopia did exist during that whole time period. However Ethiopia's peak was when it was known as the Axumite Empire and even took over Yemen supposedly on the behest of the Byzantine Emperor because the Jewish Himyarite Kingdom was persecuting Christians there.
But they eventually collapsed at the hands of the Jewish warrior queen, Judit, and while she was eventually defeated, Ethiopia never reached the heights it once did, especially once the Muslim powers surrounded them and diplomatically isolated them from the other Christians in Europe. By the time the Portuguese "found" the Ethiopians, they were in a middle of a losing war against the Muslims and but the timely intervention saved them. Ethiopia was already so isolated from Europe by the point that the Portuguese thought they were the legendary kingdom of Prester John and allegedly even addressed the emperor as such (and I think the Ethiopians went along with it lol).
Such a well researched and well delivered report.
Thank you for this!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hey man I’m struggling to get the same tone of yellow despite using the same steps as you. Mine is coming out darker. How many coats of the Transparent yellow are you using ? Would it be a case of adding more white to establish a brighter base for the yellow to go on? Still looks amazing tho
I hit the like button before I watch Biographics… because I know it’s going to be good. Keep up the good work Simon!
Black people: Malcolm was our king😤
Rastas: Selassie was our Jesus😅
Germany: That blonde Black kid is ours😎
Where in the hell do you get the energy for the prolific production on this and your other channels?? Amazing.
He's a robot...I've never seen his feet.
Very good coverage of our emperor.....you forgot to mention his position as the true Christian king,defender of the Christian faith.....there is also the fact that after his address to the league of nations that" it is today for me ,it will be tomorrow for you" Europe saw the bloodiest war in the history of mankind. His spiritual strength was much stronger than his physical..he was born 12 yrs after the Berlin conference "the cutting up of Africa" and when his work was done the entire africa gained independence. He broke the devils seal on humanity.SELAH
They choose what they want to view about the King ,
The only King is Jesus!
@@danielyonas9928 Didn't you read the defender of the Christian faith part?
@@danielyonas9928 Lies!!!!
@@aquariuscheers9191: Timothy 6:15
Wow, that was an amazing journey through time. Thank you! 📅🔄
you HAVE to make an episode on George carlin, he's a comic legend.
I second that! I LOVE George Carlin!!!
When Italy invaded Abyssinia(Ethiopia)just before World War Two they took one of the Axumite obelisks to Rome and erected it near the Termini railway station but a few years back in a gesture of good will the Italian government allowed the obelisk to be returned to Ethiopia and re-erected at Axum -the ancient capital.
Just excellent. Really enjoyed this segment.
As a Yemeni(land of the Queen of Sheba, Queen Balqees) we’ve heard many stories of the developments Emperor Haile Sellase made to Ethiopia despite the mistakes. We take pride in the Emperor as the King of Semitic race(Arabs, Ethiopians and Jews) at the time. I hope we will see a video more fair to this great leader who came during bad times.
Thanks for this video, Selassie is one of those people from recent history I've been curious about but never found the time to look into. The history of the Ethiopian Empire is definitely something that we could use a lot of deep dives into, I'm sure there is a lot of great content to be mined from there alone.
You don't have to dig too deep my friend!...He (Haile Selassie 1) cannot tell us that He is God, we (all of humanity) are expected to recognize Him. It is the perfect litmus test to see how we will judge / evaluate another. If we judge upon the merits presented to us, we will recognize our creator. For many God couldn't be so obvious....lol...yet the thesis is scientifically sound and correct! Bless
Thanks 😊. Please explore the ancient book of Psalms 87. This is key 🔑 to solving the entire mystery surrounding this man. Note, that it says "this and that man was born there. The preposition the sentence"this man", is the same man born in Ethiopia. The symbolism of where God dwells is in Zion (Ethiopia)....while some critics may see otherwise, it can be found in the evidence of the church at Lalibella. My hypothesis is that it stands ss the most impregnable structure upon this entire earth 🌎. It has not one laid stone. Hewn from solid granite in the shape of a cross. During the Italian invasion of 1935 the wearied commander (Haile Selassie I) encouraged a handful of soldiers to head with Him to the church at Lalibella to seek God's refuge and pray- only He endured and made it there whereupon he fervently prayed. We already know the outcone. Benito Mussolini was bought down to Milan where he was strung upside down along with his wife and cronies. It is the most horrifying film footage that one could ever see. Literally thousands come out to maime and spit upon the bodies. Haile Selassie's harbinger of these events can be found in Psalms 9 & 46, both of which were read during the evening in the chapel, the evening before the coronation (02.11.1930).....Psalms 46: 10...Be still and know that I am God- this ushering in the moments before He officially becomes God. While He was always God from the beginning. This is the greatest mystery. Bless
@@tonysaint353 100% fact. With faith, courage, and a just cause David will still beat golieth.
Thanks mate!..Very true!...as cited by the emperor Himself "David will defeat Goliath"....Isn't it curious that He was just a small diminutive man standing at only 5ft 4 inches, yet mystifyingly powerful in every possible way. Who else is there for us to turn to?...I see of no greater vindication than this! Bless
@@tonysaint353 Yes I...fittingly words was spoken of H.I.M Emperor Haile Selassie 1st, in the word of all prophets.
I love your work Simon, and the biographics crew...thank you.
This by far the most accurate and balanced view of Emperor Haile Silase I have eve come across on you tube . Thank you.
God bless Haile Salssie! I wish he still ruled Ethiopia. God bless Ethiopia one of the oldest Christian nations on earth
😂 you vodoo clans the white man brought Christianty for you
@@messianic_scam hes a descendant of jesus who happens to be black so your comment is actually the reverse lmao
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Am elated to finally see you cover my nation with an unbiased and factual narration of history of a unique nation. It seems that my four years of subscription finally paid.
I am just in awe of this truth reaching everyone. The king is here
thank you for this :) new subscriber
Remarkable man.. love Ethiopian history.. just a fascinating place .. great video..
This was a really cool episode! I appreciate the content. I wish this was something I got to hear more about in school. I think I would have enjoyed writing papers on this dude and his reign.
As a Kentuckian, I appreciate the fart sound when McConnell's head popped up.
From the league of nations speech you forgot to quote the most powerfull one liner in his speech. " The match has been lit in Africa , but the fire will burn in Europe"
Thank you for clarifying so much . Job well done .
Eritrea is not modern days’ s Somalia. Eritrea, at that time, was the coastal region of Ethiopia and today is an independent nation.
Thank you for making this video, however some of your information is incorrect. Also when you were talking about the Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen the picture you had showing was not a picture of the Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen but instead you showed a picture of his younger brother Prince Makonnen. When you talked about Emperor Haile Selassie I addressing the League of Nations in 1936 you said that was on June 20 but is was not, it was on June 30 of 1936 & I was born exactly 36 years later to the day. There were a few other mess ups in your narrative. But I am still very pleased that you made this video. Much love to Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia!!!!
Yeh, he, like many ppl, even some in the comments, got several things wrong. That's why i'm weary of these documentaries.
Excellent presentation!! thank you!!
Great job! Thanks
Well done. Bravo mate!🙌
"The League of Nations" - precursor to the UN, but with added uselessness -- ha ha, someone give the writers an extra cookie for that one
The League of Nincompoops
I love watching ur channel and finally I am getting I content about my country🥰🥰🥰
Thank you for including non-European histories ♡
Ethiopia is a fascinating look at a African country that went from extreme poor to rise to be one of the most powerful nations in Africa . Ethiopia I believe has a fairly high population of African jews that believe are the decendants of King Solomon.
It has always comparatively been powerful. In the 1900s it had millions of peasants who had a large agricultural capacity... For comparison, Kenya only had 5 million people in the 60s... Ethiopia had many times more
Comforter haile selassie I
Lasting legacy? Created enduring institutions like Ethiopian Airlines. Created modern education in Ethiopia. Crucial person bringing Africa together to create the Organization of African Unity. Shall I go on? As far as the link to Queen of Sheba and Solomon. That confers legitimacy. That makes sense if you look at things from their eyes; that of a Christian theocracy. Pretty easy to dismiss it if you look at it from Euro Enlightenment eyes.
Very wise comment Danny… we appreciate your view on Ethiopia. Greetings. From Borneo.
Nuff love from Kingston Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲
Greetings.....can the month you born in determine what tribe of Israel your from?
Thank you for the update
I see him, last Emperor in the line of Solomon; as a prophet for his transformative role around decolonization in the 20th century. In him we find the roots of civil rights and indigenous movements the world over. That split me apart from the typical Rasta that sees him as the Messiah. But a prophet is a mortal man; complete with flaws.
Many believe that God couldn't be so obvious. While we are all called to judge with equity and righteousness, the ultimate litmus test is to see how we will judge such a human being. I have no problem seeing Him as God Himself. Please tell me of a greater and more palpable vindication?....like many you haven't recognized Him. Rev.19. He has a name upon His thighs and vesture, a name which "only He knew"....King of Kings and Lord of Lords....many are still waiting for a "sky God" to come and deliver them. Jesus has already declared the Almighty Creator to the world. He alone is God....please read my comment on this post. Bless
Go read rev 5
Please share your point of the suggested reading (Rev 5). It clearly shows that there is a problem. Someone is needed to "decipher" and "unlock" a mystery. It says that no one was found worthy to reveal the seven seals. But alas, there was a lamb seen in the midst of the throne that was slain before the foundation of the earth - Jesus Christ. He is the only qualified to reveal the Father to the world. Since that time and up until now, the vivid description can only point to one person in history (if judged upon its merits), namely Qedamawi Haile Selassie 1. The proud and lofty in heart would discount this to be Haile Selassie 1. Who can Babylon produce?....but we have have His teachings, witnessed His righteousness acts, seen His judgments upon the nation's. God only remains to be invisible if you don't believe in God. Please give your insights and let us know how by your reasoning He is cannot be God and is purely a prophet. Thanks
Not true. Solomon has a gang of brown skinned babies running around today🤦🏽♂️
@@tonysaint353 I was always fascinated by bob Marley’s devotion to Rasta and I found out who he was through bob. Like he was a Christian and you people worship him or I don’t seem to understand it. Do you pray to him or to Jesus or through Jesus,because he was alive when the Rasta movement spread across the world. I’m open to you educating me and I noticed rastas are heavy bible scholars you know more than the average Christian.
“Can you do a video on Andreas Vesalius please?”
*great video BTY
Can y’all please cover the story of Isabel Godin des Odonais? I can’t find a video recap of her journey anywhere! ❤️❤️❤️
I am so glad to learn this. Thank you