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Haile Selassie in Jamaica

Ethiopia's emperor visited Jamaica, the birthplace of the Rastafarian movement which revered him - in 1966.

In April 1966, Ethiopia's emperor Haile Selassie made a spectacular arrival in Jamaica. It was his first and only visit to the birthplace of the Rastafarian movement which revered him. A quarter of a million people greeted him at the airport.

Photo: Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa, 1966. Getty Images

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