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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.
Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. Setting the Stage 17
2. Enter the Lion: Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and Haiti 32
3. Enter the Lion: Jamaica 70
4. "We Are Blood Brothers": Affirming Bonds with Africa 106
5. The Generation that Seek Jah Face: Testimony of the Rastafari 158
6. Contending Narratives of Belonging 251
7. In the Footsteps of the Lion: The Afterlife of the Visit 285
Postscript. The Conquering Lion Hath Prevailed 315
Glossary 323
Notes 337
References 353
Index 355
