Dana Smillie
themes: faith
Shashemane, Ethiopia
Shashemene, about 155 miles south of the capital of Addis Ababa, is the Rastafarian capital of Ethiopia, where Jamaicans and other Africans began to repatriate after Emperor Haile Selassie I granted 500 acres of land in 1948. The land grant has since been reduced in size, but hundreds of Rastafarian families live in the community amidst Ethiopian Christian Orthodox neighbors.
Shashemene, about 155 miles south of the capital of Addis Ababa, is the Rastafarian capital of Ethiopia, where Jamaicans and other Africans began to repatriate after Emperor Haile Selassie I granted 500 acres of land in 1948. The land grant has since been reduced in size, but hundreds of Rastafarian families live in the community amidst Ethiopian Christian Orthodox neighbors.
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