
R .U .H. L. L AFRIKAN LIBERATION STRUGGLE: From the Coronation of RasTafarI to the Visit to JahMekyaof His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie (3rd November 1930 – 21st April 1966)
1848 – Birth of Alexander Bedward
1884 – 1885 Berlin Conference /The Carving up of Africa
1887- August 17th Birth of Marcus Mosiah Garvey
1892- July 23rd Birth of Ras Tafari Makonnen
1894 Birth of Joseph Hibbert
1895- First Italo-Ethiopian War
1898 – Birth of Leonard P. Howell
1900s
Birth of Prince Emmanuel Charles Edwards
1920s Marcus Mosiah Garvey and UNIA
Marcus Garvey deported to Jamaica
The Royal Parchment Scroll of Black Supremacy – Fitz Ballentine Petersburg
Formation of People’s Political Party (PPP)
Birth of Elder Mortimer Kumi Planno
1928 – Publishing of Holy Pliby by J. Athlyl Rogers
1930 – CORONATION DAY
Ethiopian Italian War
Publishing of the Promised Key by Leonard Howell
1934 – Leonard P. Howell charged with sedition –
1935 – Time Magazine names Haile Selassie as Man of the Year
1938 – Formation of the Ethiopian World Federation (EWF).
EWF Foundation Members- Archibald Dunkley, Robert Hinds, Joseph Hibbert
1940s Establishment of the Community of PINNACLE
1950s – Army and State Destruction of PINNACLE
Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya
Claudius Henry charged for sedition
1960- UWI Mission to Africa
Destruction of DUNG HILL / Back O Wall
1963 – Coral Gardens Massacre
His Imperial Majesty addresses the United Nations – Speech made into international hit song (WAR) performed by Bob Marley.
1963- Assassination of Medgar Evers in USA
1965 – Assassinations of Malcolm X in USA
1966 – VISIT of H.I.M. Haile Selassie to JAHMEKYA
1968- Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in USA
Dr. Walter Rodney expelled from Jamaica; Riotous.
1970- Emperor Haile Selassie sends the Archbishop Laike Mandefro to Jamaica as emissary of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC).
Establishment of RastafarI Mansions and Charters
Nyahbinghi Ethiopian Orthodox Church Twelve Tribes EABIC/BoboShantI
1972- Michael Manley PNP comes to power with ‘Rod of Correction’
1974 – 75- Ethiopian Monarchy toppled; Mengistu comes to power
Bob Marley respond with release of hit song ‘JAH LIVE’
1976- General Elections; Manley declares ‘Democratic Socialism’
1978- Bob Marley shot; Smile Jamaica ONE LOVE Peace Concert
1980- CIVIL WAR in Jamaica; – Fiftieth Anniversary of the “Crowning” of Ras TafarI
1981- Bob Marley dies in USA
1987- Assassination of Peter Tosh and Free I in Jamaica
1990 – Formation of the Rastafari Centralisation Organisation
1992- 100th Anniversary of Birth of Ras TafarI
1997 – Visit of Delegation to Sheshemanie to sign Land Grant
2000 Hosting of Rastafari Global Conference – U.W.I Jamaica
2009 – Formation of the Rastafari Millennium Council
2014 – Granting of Act to form the Church of Haile Selassie I in Jamaica
De-criminal-ization of GanJah in Jamaica
2016- 50 Years Later…