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Tafari Makonnen (1892-1975) was crowned Emperor of
Ethiopia in 1930 and became known as Haile Selassie I. The Rastafarian movement, which emerged in Jamaica in the 1930’s regarded Haile Selaissie as a redeemer of black people. There are estimated to be over 1 million Rastafarians worldwide. The birthday of Haile Selassie is one of the holiest day of the Rastafarian year and is celebrated with drumming, hymns and prayer 
This track by Dennis Brown describes Ethiopia as the promised land.
Dance hall revival. I thought Tiger was "sick". He had a pretty bad motorbike accident in 1993 which put him out of action for a while. Anyway this is him No Wanga gut in 1987.
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That's a version of the old "Afrikaan Beat"/"African Beat" rhythm, the history of which can be found here -
The weather is probably the most talked about subject. Well hopefully my rainy days are gone for this week. Had a fantastic residential trip with my year 6 children. Why was it good? The weather, it made all the difference to us having a brilliant time. Smiles all the way. Have a nice day
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Alive and kicking. now I've got to get through the end of term performance, disco, fair and leavers assembly! The disco will be interesting especially as they are watching the sex education video. 2 hours before it starts....timing!
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The first Jamaican roots record ever to be released on a rhythm recordded and released by a British reggae band - Aswad's "Love Fire".
This was a great source of pride back then to their manager/producer Mikey "Big Dread" Campbell
http://mog.com/Baudolino/blog_post/162378
Wow! I did not know today was his birthday! Haile Selassie gave my church an antique Ethiopain Croptic cross back in the 1954. I wish I were alive to see that and experience the church's love of Haile Selassie.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/nyregion/16church.html
Thank you for honoring him today! [[Haile Selassie]] I hope to visit Ethiopia and see people who look like me for there is not a day that I am mistakened for Ethiopian but I have no idea if I have roots in the beautiful country.