Word: wossen
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Dates: during 1967-1967
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...King of Kings. Elect of God. Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah and 255th reigning monarch of Ethiopia. Haile Selassie I, is a lonely man. At 74, he has outlived his wife, who died in 1962, and four of his six children. His son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, disappointed his father by cooperating in a 1960 coup attempt and, though since forgiven, enjoys little rapport with the Emperor. Indeed, there are few even in the palace circle who can remember when the Emperor was Tafari Makonnen, the young regent to his empress aunt, who took the throne...
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