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World Service,18 Apr 2016,9 mins

Haile Selassie In Jamaica

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In April 1966, Ethiopia's emperor Haile Selassie made a spectacular arrival in Jamaica. It was his first and only visit to the birthplace of the Rastafarian movement which revered him. A quarter of a million people greeted him at the airport. (Photo: Emperor Haile Selassie speaking to the BBC in 1954)

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