Haile Salassie, the scion of a dynasty that was reputed to descend from King Soloman, was a pioneer of African unity and independence, a staunch confederate of the Allies in their fight against the fascist Axis powers and the messiah of the Jamaican Rastafarian movement. A reformer and an autocracy, his rule was brought to a brutal and ignominious end when he was toppled and and murdered by communist rebels.
Asfa-Wossen Asserate – a close descendant, who knew the Emperor personally – for the first time brings clarity to the life of this impressive and complex personality. King of Kings is the story of the most eminent African ruler of the 20th century and the country he ruled through both stirring and tragic times.
About the Author:- ASFA-WOSSEN ASSERATE, born in 1948, is a prince of the Imperial House of Ethiopia. Educated at the German School in Addis Ababa, he later attended the University of Tübingen, Magdalene College, Cambridge, and the University of Frankfurt am Main, where he received a Ph. D in history. He has lived in Germany for over forty years and works as a consultant for African and Middle Eastern affairs and as a political analyst. A bestselling author writing in German, he has been the recipient of two of the most distinguished literary prizes in the Federal Republic of Germany, the Adalbert von Chamisso Prize for Literature and the Jacob Grimm Prize for German Language. Asfa-Wossen Asserate is an honorary senator of the Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen.
Translator - PETER LEWIS has had careers in university teaching and publishing and now works as a freelance translator and author.
