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About the Book:
The Dynamic Speeches of Emperor Haile Selassie
I illuminates a real leadership that embraced diversity and
cooperation, enriched by a global perspective.
These speeches detail the persistence,
determination and good governing drive with which Haile Selassie
pursued international relationships, to which history cannot fail to
testify. It is hoped that through those reproduced herein, the reader
will get a fair picture of his Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie of
Ethiopia.
Compiled by:
Dibu H. Wolde was President of Ethiopian Cultural
Television in Denver, Colorado, as well as Founder and Executive
producer of ENBS, community based T.V. programming in Washington, D.C.
Wolde was one of the organizers of the leading
Ethiopian orthodox church in Los Angeles, California, as well as the
founder of Saint Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Denver, Colorado.
Today the church is thriving, and the idea has spread worldwide.
Ethiopians feel more at home now in their adopted land.
Wolde has written on western culture and
civilization for newly arrived Ethiopian Immigrants, coordinated
cross-cultural awareness and integration into western culture, and
taught Ethiopian language (Amahric) for the Ras Tafarian community in
Hartford, CT.
Wolde served in the United States Peace Corps in
Bolivia, South America, from 1999 to 2001. He authored two
Micro-Enterprise Development texts and compiled local historical
accounts of Peace Corps volunteer experiences for use in business
education classes.
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