Emperor Haile Selassie

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Label

Emperor Haile Selassie

Statement of responsibility

Bereket Habte Selassie

Creator

• Bereket H. Selassie

Author

• Bereket H. Selassie

Subject

• Ethiopia -- Politics and government -- 1889-1974
• Haile Selassie, I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975
• Ethiopia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

Emperor Haile Selassie was an iconic figure of the twentieth century, a progressive monarch who ruled Ethiopia from 1916 to 1974. This book, written by a former state official who served in a number of important positions in Selassie{u2019}s government, tells both the story of the emperor{u2019}s life and the story of modern Ethiopia. After a struggle for the throne in 1916, the young Selassie emerged first as regent and then as supreme leader of Ethiopia. Over the course of his nearly six-decade rule, the emperor abolished slavery, introduced constitutional reform, and expanded educational opportunity. The Italian invasion of Ethiopia in the 1930s led to a five-year exile in England, from which he returned in time to lead his country through World War II. Selassie was also instrumental in the founding of the Organization of African Unity in 1963, but he fell short of the ultimate goal of a promised democracy in Ethiopia. The corruption that grew under his absolute rule, as well as his seeming indifference to the famine that gripped Ethiopia in the 1970s, led finally to his overthrow by the armed forces that he had created. Haile Selassie was an enlightened monarch in many ways, but also a man with flaws like any other. This short biography is a sensitive portrayal of Selassie as both emperor and man, by one who knew him well. --Provided by publisher

Member of

• Ohio short histories of Africa

Cataloging source

IEN/DLC

Dewey number

963.055092

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits

Index

no index present

LC call number

DT387.7

LC item number

.B47 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Ohio short histories of Africa