King of Kings – The Thriumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
- François Stepman (Platform for African European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development)
Abstract
Haile Selassie is one of the most bizarre and misunderstood figures of 20th-century history, alternately worshipped and mocked, idolised and marginalised. This magni - cent biography by the German-Ethiopian historian Asfa-Wossen Asserate, is diligently researched and fair-minded with Selassie being accordedthe level of dignity he deserves. The book is manifestly a riposte to Ryszard Kapuscinski’s The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat, which portrayed the emperor, and indeed Addis Ababa’s entire Amharic elite, as a comic-opera laughing stock.
How to Cite:
Stepman, F., (2016) “King of Kings – The Thriumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia”, Afrika Focus 29(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/af.v29i2.4852
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