Interesting tidbits about Ethiopia on this date on May 14 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---- On this date on May 14, 1999, Ethiopia witnessed the passing of Ethiopian surgeon turned political leader Asrat Woldeyes. Woldeyes, born on June 20, 1928, was the founder of the controversial and now defunct All-Amhara Peoples Organization. --- On this date on May 14, 1998, the Associated Press Ethiopian Parliament formally declared war on Eritrea following its unprovoked invasion into the Badme region of northern Ethiopia. --- On this date on May 14, 1936, the Associated Press quoted Vatican officials who indicated that plans are being drawn up for a massive missionary campaign to convert Ethiopians away from their Orthodox Faith to Catholicism. --- On this date on May 14, 1933, Inspector in Charge at Morant Bay, Jamaica, W.A. Adams wrote: The detective instructed me to keep an eye on a man named a Leonard Howell, a Jamaican, who has been holding meetings in Kingston on the subject of Rastafari, King of Abysinnia, and whose speeches at his meetings might have a bad influence on the less educated people. ---- Possibility the earliest written statements reporting the birthing of the Rastafari movement. (Source: mosthigh.co.za/leonardphowell.htm ) (Photo: Surgeon Dr. Asrat Woldeyes)
Posted on: Wed, 14 May 2014 08:54:18 +0000
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