The Emperor Who Warned the World | Africa Good Life

"God and history will remember your judgment." In 1936, an emperor stood before the League of Nations and warned the world that the failure to defend one small nation would imperil all — three years before that warning came true. This is the life of Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia: Lion of Judah, last heir of the Solomonic throne, father of African unity, and, to hundreds of thousands across the world, a living messiah. A neutral, scholarly biography — narrated, illustrated, and chaptered so you can follow the whole life, from a mountain village in Harar to a lonely death in his own palace. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Haile Selassie I — The Lion of Judah 1:41 The Making of a Prince 4:14 The Road to the Throne 6:04 The League and the End of Slavery 8:34 King of Kings 11:15 The Italian Invasion 14:52 Exile and the Voice of Conscience 15:59 The Speech at Geneva 17:51 Restoration and African Unity 21:39 The Messiah and the Fall 23:40 The Wollo Famine 26:25 The Measure of the Man 28:09 Legacy of the Lion 📚 In this video: Haile Selassie I · Ethiopia · the Lion of Judah · the Solomonic dynasty · the Italian invasion · the League of Nations · Mussolini · exile in Bath · the Organisation of African Unity · Marcus Garvey · the Rastafari movement · the Derg 🔔 Subscribe for more African history, told with care and restored to life. 💬 Where next — the Battle of Adwa, or the fall of the Ethiopian Empire? #HaileSelassie #Ethiopia #AfricanHistory #LionOfJudah #Rastafari