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On this date in 1974, Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia was deposed amidst a brutal famine. I still remember the Unicef boxes we all took on Halloween to raise money for the victims. In honor of Selassie’s memory, let’s have some music from a man who believed that Selassie was the Messiah.
Here’s an interview with Peter Tosh from 1982.
Martin Longman is the web editor for the Washington Monthly. See all his writing at ProgressPond.com
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