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-Rastafarian makonenn because emperor of Ethiopia in the 1930's
-as emperor the people began to call Haile Selassie
-The Rastafarian religion was named after his given name (ras tafari) -
Birth day: February 6,1945
Location: Nine Mile (a village in Saint Ann parish, Jamaica)
Parents: Cedella Booker and Norvil Marley -
By the 1950s, Rastafari's countercultural stance had brought the movement into conflict with wider Jamaican society, including violent clashes with law enforcement
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- Halie Selassie met with Rasta elders in Addis Abana the capital of Ethiopia in the 1950's -in 1955 he offered 500 acres of his personal to black people wishing to return to Africa
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-Haile Selassie visits Jamacia and the same day he arrived a heavy drought ended
- It is said as soon as Rita Marley saw Haile she converted to Rastafari
-Bob Marely discovered greater interest in the Rastafarian religion because of Rita and the time spent in Kingston, Jamacia -
-Bob Marley and the Wailers were a jamacian reggae band
-discovered and created by Bob Marley Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh
-when 1964 rolled around they formed a full band and toured england, United States, Switzerland, Gabon, Jamacia, Bahamas, Canada etc -
-Emperor Selassie was said to have died from respiratory insucineffcy on august 27,1975 in Addis Aba
-Its been speculated that he was taken by members of the Ethiopian military and and kept in a bunker for days until eventually assassinated by them
-this is the theory that many Rastafarians believe -
Enthusiasm for Rastafari declined in the 1980s, following the deaths of Haile Selassie and Marley, but the movement survived and has a presence in many parts of the world. The Rastafari movement is decentralised and organised on a largely sectarian basis. There are several denominations, or "Mansions of Rastafari", the most prominent of which are the Nyahbinghi, Bobo Ashanti, and the Twelve Tribes of Israel, each offering a different interpretation of Rastafari belief.