Description: "Written by Asfa-Wossen Asserate, Haile Selassie's grandnephew, this is the first major biography of this final 'king of kings.' Asserate, who spent his childhood and adolescence in Ethiopia before fleeing the revolution of 1974, knew Selassie personally and gained intimate insights into life at the imperial court. Introducing him as a reformer and an autocrat whose personal history--with all of its upheavals, promises, and horrors--reflects in many ways the history of the twentieth century itself, Asserate uses his own experiences and painstaking research in family and public archives to achieve a colorful and even-handed portrait of the emperor"--
Brief description: Born in Addis Ababa, Asfa-Wossen Asserate is an author and corporate consultant who resides in Frankfurt am Main.
Review Quotes: "A multifaceted picture of the so-called Father of Africa."
-- "Publishers Weekly"