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An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.

Haile Selassie

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Haile Selassie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1892
Born: July 23
Died: 1975
Died: August 26
Political Figure
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Haile Selassie
Ras Tafari
Tafari Makonnen
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Africans
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History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity.
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Feel the needs of others more than your own.
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