{"product_id":"enter-the-lion-john-p-homiak-9781478039112","title":"Enter the Lion: The 1966 State Visit of Emperor Haile Selassie I to the Caribbean","description":"On April 21, 1966, tens of thousands of Jamaicans exuberantly greeted Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie I in Kingston, Jamaica. The emperor came to express gratitude for the peoples' support during the Italo-Ethiopian War and bolster the ongoing struggle for liberation in Rhodesia. This state visit repositioned Rastafari in Jamaican society and ignited widespread cultural, social, and political transformations across the Caribbean. \u003ci\u003eEnter the Lion\u003c\/i\u003e assembles a vital archive of this landmark event, gathering British colonial records, newspaper reportage from the Caribbean and Ethiopia, the official records of the Ethiopian Ministry of Information, and oral history. The authors paint an illuminating picture of the diverse political interests at play, exploring how the visit reshaped the Rastafari movement, Jamaican society, the wider Caribbean, and their Pan-African connections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John P. Homiak,Giulia Bonacci,Jahlani A. Niaah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478039116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478039112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs","brand":"John P. Homiak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48871378092287,"sku":"9781478039112","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/enter-the-lion-john-p-homiak-9781478039112","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}