Discovering Haile Selassie
Mon, 22 Feb 2016 01:58:00 GMT
Discovering Haile Selassie with Lemn Sissay and Asfa-Wossen Asserate
Tuesday 8 March, 7.00pm (approximate running time one hour)
Entry: £3.00 (£1.50 concessions)
Venue: Diamond Jubilee Lecture Theatre, The Business School
As part of the Huddersfield Literature Festival, one of Britain’s best-loved poets and the great-nephew of Haile Selassie discuss their shared heritage of Ethiopia and the man who was its most famous emperor. A descendant of King Soloman and an early proponent of African unity and independence, Selassie fought with the Allies in the Second World War and is considered a messiah by Rastafarians.
Lemn Sissay MBE (pictured left) is a celebrated poet, playwright, broadcaster and our Festival Patron. Raised in care, he discovered his Ethiopian heritage as an adult.
Dr Asfa-Wossen Aserate (pictured right) is the author of King of Kings: The Triumph and Tragedy of Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. Having spent his childhood in Ethiopia before fleeing -2-IN.jpg)
the 1974 Revolution, he now lives in Germany, working as an author and corporate consultant.
