How to pronounce “selassie” in English

And she brought up Haile Selassie, whose famous line, "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery.

because of the ancient Aksumite empire, Haile Selassie.

And I was just reading this wonderful book by a Polish journalist about Emperor Haile Selassie.

And just the way he, Haile Selassie, who ruled Ethiopia many years ago, he was able to manipulate and stay in power by playing, very much like Gaddafi was able

So Nelson Mandela actually trained military six months in Algeria, six months in Ethiopia with Emperor Haile Selassie--

So we worked there between the early '70s and 1980, when Mengistu took over Ethiopia and Haile Selassie was deposed.