Photo credits: Lucien Aigner/Corbis Haile Selassie I (pictured) was a former emperorofEthiopiafrom 1930 to 1974. He sought to modernize hiscountryand he steered it into the mainstream of post-World War IIAfrican politics. He brought Ethiopia into theLeague of Nationsand theUnited Nationsand madeAddis Ababathe major center for the Organization of African Unity (nowAfrican Union). Born Tafari Makonnen […]
