ETHIOPIAN EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE ON PUBLIC HEALTH
… We have devoted particular attention to the material and physical well-being of Our people through a programme for public health. Today, We are opening and dedicating to the memory of Our regretted and well-beloved daughter, the Princess Tsahai Memorial Hospital which will not only provide for the treatment of mothers and children but will, also, constitute the first centre of medical instruction and training in Ethiopia…
November 3rd 1951 (throne speach?)
The above illustration is a photograph of The Emperor Hailie Selassie cutting the tape at the opening of the Princess Tshai memorial Hospital (1951) Addis Ababa (Princess Tshai was one of his daughters, nursed in England during the second world war and who died in England).—————
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I recently watched the new documentary on the life, music, and character of the Honorable Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley (Berhane Selassie).
I was shocked to discover that Marley’s life could have been spared had he simply had regular check ups after the discovery of his melanoma cancer. From what I learned in the movie, the rasta community which Bob surrounded himself with did not rely on western or “white” doctors/medicine. How sad, as if God/Jah did not create Doctors!
I’ve met many Rasta’s who claim that CIA, or a german (nazi) doctor, or the mysterious “illuminati” (i hate that) were responsible for the death of the great musician. But after having watched the new documentary, it seems possible that Bob’s Rasta bredren and the unique Jamaican flavor of Black-Power associated with the Rasta Movement created an unnecessary distanced between Mr. Marley and modern health care system. So it is quite possible that Bob simply died thru the agency of ignorance (u know… ni99a shit).
I am posting this for those who want to know more about Rastafari’s (HIM Haile Selassie I) views on medicine. Of course, there is so much more to learn on the subject. But what happened to Bob, seems to be a perfect example of the backwardness that H.I.M. Haile Sellasie was trying to reform in Ethiopia and in the greater African Community via the OAU (Organization for African Unity).
Princess Tsahai Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa taken in 1951.Source Link : Princess Tsahai Memorial Hospital
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