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Enter the Lion

The 1966 State Visit of Emperor Haile Selassie I to the Caribbean
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On April 21, 1966, tens of thousands of Jamaicans exuberantly greeted Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie I in Kingston, Jamaica. The emperor came to express gratitude for the peoples' support during the Italo-Ethiopian War and bolster the ongoing struggle for liberation in Rhodesia. This state visit repositioned Rastafari in Jamaican society and ignited widespread cultural, social, and political transformations across the Caribbean. Enter the Lion assembles a vital archive of this landmark event, gathering British colonial records, newspaper reportage from the Caribbean and Ethiopia, the official records of the Ethiopian Ministry of Information, and oral history. The authors paint an illuminating picture of the diverse political interests at play, exploring how the visit reshaped the Rastafari movement, Jamaican society, the wider Caribbean, and their Pan-African connections.
John P. Homiak is Research Associate of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. Giulia Bonacci is a historian and researcher at the Institute of Research for Sustainable Development. Jahlani A. Niaah is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the Institute of Caribbean Studies in the University of the West Indies.
"An insightful account of the complex landscape of the Caribbean Redemption story around independence . . . one that underscores the longstanding call-and-response between Jamaica and Africa which, through Emperor Haile Selassie's visit, launches the journey of Rastafari Repatriation. Essential reading to fully comprehend the scope of Ethiopianism in the Caribbean."--P.J. Patterson, Former Prime Minister of Jamaica "This is the book--'the half that's yet to be told.' The visit of Emperor Haile Selassie I to the Caribbean captured the hearts of many of my generation and ignited a Rastafari revolution. My life changed when I saw the nail prints in Jah hand. The visit left us a reggae music mission to shape freedom, love, and justice for the whole world."--Rita Marley
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