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Haile Selassie was an Ethiopian regent from      to
                                                                  and emperor from      to     . He is a
                                                             defining figure in contemporary Ethiopian history.
                                                             Among the Rastafari movement, whose followers are
                                                             estimated to number between    ,    and one
                                                             million, Haile Selassie is revered as the returned
                                                             messiah of the Bible, God incarnate. Beginning in
                                                             Jamaica in the     s, the Rastafari movement
                                                             perceives Haile Selassie as a messianic figure who will
                                                             lead a future golden age of eternal peace,
                                                             righteousness, and prosperity. Haile Selassie was an
        Haile Selassie Statue
                                                             Ethiopian Orthodox Christian throughout his life.






















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