Enter the Lion: The 1966 State Visit of Emperor Haile Selassie I to the Caribbean - Couverture rigide

Homiak, John P.; Bonacci, Giulia; Niaah, Jahlani A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1478034068 ISBN 13 : 9781478034063

Editeur : Duke University Press, 2026

Synopsis

On April 21, 1966, tens of thousands of Jamaicans exuberantly greeted Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie I in Kingston, Jamaica. The emperor came to express gratitude for the peoples’ support during the Italo-Ethiopian War and bolster the ongoing struggle for liberation in Rhodesia. This state visit repositioned Rastafari in Jamaican society and ignited widespread cultural, social, and political transformations across the Caribbean. Enter the Lion assembles a vital archive of this landmark event, gathering British colonial records, newspaper reportage from the Caribbean and Ethiopia, the official records of the Ethiopian Ministry of Information, and oral history. The authors paint an illuminating picture of the diverse political interests at play, exploring how the visit reshaped the Rastafari movement, Jamaican society, the wider Caribbean, and their Pan-African connections.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John P. Homiak<\B> is Research Associate of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.

Giulia Bonacci is a historian and researcher at the Institute of Research for Sustainable Development.

Jahlani A. Niaah<\B> is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the Institute of Caribbean Studies in the University of the West Indies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Duke University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1478034068
• ISBN 13: 9781478034063
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 390
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