{"id":109612,"date":"2017-12-09T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-08T10:53:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T10:53:45","slug":"emperor-haile-selassie-visited-jamaica-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/09\/emperor-haile-selassie-visited-jamaica-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Emperor Haile Selassie visited Jamaica, 1966"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_FN98eHvI0Yg\/SAyuu36C-7I\/AAAAAAAAAgA\/dt7yFvOZoyw\/s1600-h\/b1_658.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"193\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191716590755969970\" src=\"http:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/b1_658.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-109613\" style=\"cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;\" \/><\/a>Haile  Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, had been the central figure in the  Rastafarian faith since the foundation of the movement in the early  1930s. The indigent population in Jamaica saw him as God incarnate. He  was the only independent black monarch in Africa; by tradition, a  descendent of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. To Rastafarians he is  still a Messiah figure fulfilling certain biblical prophesies: he was  the &#8216;King of Kings&#8217; and the &#8216;Conquering Lion of Judah&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>It is no  surprise that when the Emperor visited Jamaica on 21st April 1966, a  rapturous crowd of thousands of Rastafarians received him. Taken aback  by the fervour of their welcome, the Emperor returned to the plane until  he was given assurances that he would be protected from the throng. The  visit continued with the Emperor meeting the ageing Prime Minister, Sir  Alexander Bustamante, and receiving an honourary degree at the  University of the West Indies.<\/p>\n<p>April 21st has become a sacred  date to Rastafarians, celebrated every year as &#8216;Groundation Day&#8217; when  they hold a Nyahbinghi meeting, during which they celebrate His Imperial  Majesty with music, chanting and prayer.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;To find out more about the Emperor&#8217;s visit and Rastafarianism in general, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamaicans.com\/culture\/rasta\/index.shtml\">Rastafari section<\/a> of the<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> Jamaicans.com <\/span>web-site.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, had been the central figure in the Rastafarian faith since the foundation of the movement in the early 1930s. The indigent population in Jamaica saw him as God incarnate. He was the only independent black monarch in Africa; by tradition, a descendent of King Solomon and the Queen of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":109613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}