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A Wise Mind Publications original.
First page excerpt…
ALL HAIL THE STATE VISIT OF EMPEROR Q’ADAMAWI HAILE SELASSIE
All Hail the King of Kings, the Lion of Judah, the Almighty One, Ye shall break every chain again and again…
The heat that rose from the tarmac of Kingston’s Norman Manley In- ternational Airport was nothing compared to the level of expectation that was seeping through the thousands gathered on the tarmac that 21st day of April, 1966. The day was declared a public holiday in hon- our of the Emperor and people had started arriving from Wednesday night from places near and far, to form the largest crowd to have ever assembled at the Norman Manley International Airport. They came to the airport any way they could ¬ by car, by truck, by bus, by bicycle, by foot. Drum beats and chants were heard almost non-stop, providing an almost hypnotic rhythm. The smell of ganja wafted through the air completing a welcome unprecedented in size and expectation for the Emperor on his first state visit to Jamaica.
Brother George Huggins of Accompong, explained the enthusiastic welcome, “it is hard to put in words what seeing this man, this great man, the Lord of lords, in Jamaica meant to us in the Rastafarian com- munity. We had heard so much about him for so long.”
On the tarmac, some waved palm leaves, some red, green and gold Ethiopian flags, and some blew the Maroon cowhorn known as the abeng in welcome.
