Ras Tafari

What do people mean when they say Jah Rastafari? Haile Selassie, in his youth named Ras Tafari, Emperor of Ethiopia, of whom it was said he was a devout christian, is being worshipped as the returned  Messiah (Iesous Kristos, Yeshouah ha Mashiach (or in English, Jesus Christ) by many Rastafarians. The Negus (Emperor) is highly respected for his struggle for justice in Africa, for his victory against that Icon of the antichrist, Mussolini. Not so many people know that his Majesty is the founder of the O.A.U. the Organization for Afrikan Unity. Haile Selassie thought of scriptures as of great importance. He ordered to have a readable translation made for the people of Ethiopia.  Not all Rastafarians see HIM as God, some see him as an Icon  or Type of Christ, that is a symbolical reference to Christ, just as King David is a biblical Icon of Christ. This is the way he is presented by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, of which Selassie was the head. Selassie was a well-appreciated and accepted person within all kinds of christian denominations, he attended at an evangelist-congress in Berlin, Germany.  When I would say "Jah Rastafari", it would be like "Jah Man",  to indicate one's closeness to Jah. From Introducing Messian Dread

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