A decade later, when 38-year-old Ras Tafari (or Chief Tafari) was crowned Ethiopia's Haile Selassie I, many in Jamaica saw this as the prophecy coming true, and the Rastafari movement was born.

He is considered as a leading figure in the Rastafari movement, Selassie reigned over Ethiopia for 44 years. Upon Zewditu's death, Tafari himself rose to emperor and was proclaimed Neguse Negest ...