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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Selassie
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"...Haile Selassie was born in the town-village of Ejersa Goro, in the
Harar province of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), as Lij (meaning one born of royal
blood) Tafari Makonnen. His father was Ras (Duke) Makonnen, the governor of
Harar, and his mother was Wezero (Lady) Yeshimebet Ali. He inherited his imperial
blood through his paternal grandmother, Tenagnework Sahle Selassie, who was
an aunt of Emperor Menelik II and claimed to be a direct descendant of Makeda,
the queen of Sheba, and King Solomon of ancient Israel..."
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