Rastafari
His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I
When, in 1930, Ras Tafari Makonnen, great-grandson of King Saheka Selassie of Shoa, was made Emperor of Ethiopia and proclaimed Negusa Negast (King of Kings), Jamaica's slum-dwellers and rural poor, for whom Garvey had been something of a gallant oracle, regarded this event as the fulfillment of a prophecy of deliverance . . . These "Garveyites" were awed by newspaper and newsreel accounts of the pomp of Selassie's coronation in Addis Ababa and took note of the sybolism in the choice of his formal title, Haile Selassie being an honorific meaning "Power of the Holy Trinity." Selassie, they knew, claimed to be directly descended from King Solomon, so they reasoned that he must be the long-awaited savior of the planet's far-flung African peoples.
. . . To the Garveyites, Haile Selassie I was a hero without peer. To the Rastafarians he was the Living God of Abraham and Isaac, He Whose Name Should Not Be Spoken.
(from http://www.bobmarley.com/life/rastafari/selassie.html)
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Ras Tafari! People generally know His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I as the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah come again to bring Truth to the African. But what they dont know is that Halie Selassie I was also an African ninja!
According to contemporary accounts, he took the name The Lion Ninja of Judah, and was a moderately talented practitioner of the Slender Reed techniques. Please dont ask me how I know, as I am not at liberty to discuss my sources at this time.
Rastafarians insist that Selassie I added 13 Kuji-in (the mystical ninja hand signs believed to channel energy and empower the practitioner) to the traditional repertoire. These 13 Kuji-in are reported to allow the user to smoke marijuana all day long without becoming stupid, grow their hair really quickly, and understand what the fuck Capleton is on about.
His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I
When, in 1930, Ras Tafari Makonnen, great-grandson of King Saheka Selassie of Shoa, was made Emperor of Ethiopia and proclaimed Negusa Negast (King of Kings), Jamaica's slum-dwellers and rural poor, for whom Garvey had been something of a gallant oracle, regarded this event as the fulfillment of a prophecy of deliverance . . . These "Garveyites" were awed by newspaper and newsreel accounts of the pomp of Selassie's coronation in Addis Ababa and took note of the sybolism in the choice of his formal title, Haile Selassie being an honorific meaning "Power of the Holy Trinity." Selassie, they knew, claimed to be directly descended from King Solomon, so they reasoned that he must be the long-awaited savior of the planet's far-flung African peoples.
. . . To the Garveyites, Haile Selassie I was a hero without peer. To the Rastafarians he was the Living God of Abraham and Isaac, He Whose Name Should Not Be Spoken.
(from http://www.bobmarley.com/life/rastafari/selassie.html)
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Ras Tafari! People generally know His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I as the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah come again to bring Truth to the African. But what they dont know is that Halie Selassie I was also an African ninja!
According to contemporary accounts, he took the name The Lion Ninja of Judah, and was a moderately talented practitioner of the Slender Reed techniques. Please dont ask me how I know, as I am not at liberty to discuss my sources at this time.
Rastafarians insist that Selassie I added 13 Kuji-in (the mystical ninja hand signs believed to channel energy and empower the practitioner) to the traditional repertoire. These 13 Kuji-in are reported to allow the user to smoke marijuana all day long without becoming stupid, grow their hair really quickly, and understand what the fuck Capleton is on about.
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