Haile Selassie Pillows
Description: Haile Selassie I, Born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He also served as Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 25 May 1963 to 17 July 1964 and 5 November 1966 to 11 September 1967. He was a member of the Solomonic Dynasty. At the League of Nations in 1936, the Emperor condemned the use of chemical weapons by Italy against his people during the Second Italo–Ethiopian War. His internationalist views led to Ethiopia's becoming a charter member of the United Nations, and his political thought and experience in promoting multilateralism and collective security have proved seminal and enduring. His suppression of rebellions among the landed arist...
Description: Haile Selassie I, Born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He also served as Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 25 May 1963 to 17 July 1964 and 5 November 1966 to 11 September 1967. He was a member of the Solomonic Dynasty. At the League of Nations in 1936, the Emperor condemned the use of chemical weapons by Italy against his people during the Second Italo–Ethiopian War. His internationalist views led to Ethiopia's becoming a charter member of the United Nations, and his political thought and experience in promoting multilateralism and collective security have proved seminal and enduring. His suppression of rebellions among the landed arist...
Description: A vintage postage stamp-style portrait of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, shown in full ceremonial regalia against the Ethiopian flag colors. Selassie founded the Organization of African Unity in 1963, serving as its first president and mediating the ideological divide between rival African blocs to secure continental unity. A towering figure in Pan-Africanism and revered as a spiritual symbol within Rastafari, his legacy of independence and liberation continues to resonate. From the Pan-African Legacy House World Revolutionary Stamp Collection.
