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A01=John P. Homiak
Author_Giulia Bonacci
Author_Jahlani A. Niaah
Author_John P. Homiak
British colonial administration
Caribbean Independence
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counter archives
Duvalier regime
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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewehado Church
Ethiopianism
forthcoming
Garveyism
Grounation Day
Haile Selassie
Italo-Ethiopian War
Jamaica
Kingston
Montego Bay
mythopoesis
Pan Africanism
Pan-African diplomacy
Rastafari
reggae
Shashemene
South-South diplomacy
West Indies Federation
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- ISBN 9781478034063
- Weight: 572g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Duke University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
John P. Homiak<\B> is Research Associate of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
Giulia Bonacci is a historian and researcher at the Institute of Research for Sustainable Development.
Jahlani A. Niaah<\B> is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the Institute of Caribbean Studies in the University of the West Indies.
Giulia Bonacci is a historian and researcher at the Institute of Research for Sustainable Development.
Jahlani A. Niaah<\B> is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the Institute of Caribbean Studies in the University of the West Indies.
