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Taytu Betul was a formidable queen and empress of Ethiopia (1889–1913). She was the wife of Emperor Menelek II, and was also the inspiration behind the 1896 Ethiopian victory against colonialism, in the battl...

“Look to Africa when a Black king shall be crowned, for the day of deliverance is near.” Emperor Haile Selassie I was Ethiopia's 225th and last emperor. Emperor Haile Selassie I traced his line back to ...

Ethiopia was once ruled by a mighty Queen who destroyed Axum and its countryside, the churches and Christian monuments, killing thousands in the process.  Her campaigns ended both the thousand-year supremacy ...