This is a continuation series of how black people, particularly descendants of West Africans continuously fawn over Eritreans, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Brazilians etc etc. Why none of these people ever laud the achievements of western africa. Why travel to Ghana, Mail, Senegal, Nigeria is never spoke about or even considered is telling.
Anyways I came across this piece about Hailie Selassie. I don't know much about Rastafarian culture but why do Jamaicans praise this man who was racist?
Like what significance does he have to Rastas/Jamaican culture?
Unfortunately, it is read that Selassie's government and person, could have possibly taken a racist viewpoint on many issues. One of his colonel's claim that he denounced his black officials' opinions and trusted the views of the white man more (SCOTT 164). It should also be noted that although representatives of England, France, Italy and many other countries were invited to the Emperor's coronation in 1930, there were no black representatives invited or present. There were no invitations to any of the leading countries in Africa (SCOTT 203).
Why did a man who looked like this
tell his people to follow this
Marcus Garvey preached his concept of Ethiopianism to attentive audiences in Jamaica through out the early nineteen hundreds. His idea of Ethiopianism was a Back-To-Africa movement, calling black men and women to their native land. Before his departure to spread his word in America, Marcus Garvey left his Jamaican followers with the words:"Look to Africa for the crowning of a Black King; he shall be the Redeemer"(BARRETT 8 1).
Full article here
http://debate.uvm.edu/dreadlibrary/cardillo.html
