From RASTAOLOGY to PAN-ETHIOPIANIZATION

ABSTRACT From RASTAOLOGY To PAN-ETHIOPIANIZATION, i) H.I.M. First Haile Selassie of Ethiopia as the man of the 20th century; ii) the past and present quest to Liberate Ethiopia, Africa and Africans in the Diaspora - inclusive of the Rastafari International Community; and, iii) ten working definitions of "Rastaology." Rastaology - a new rising scholarship is further introduced via presenting the history and finite definitions i) Ethiopianism-of-old; ii) Pan-Africanism; and, iii) Modern Ethiopianism as the basis for "Pan-Ethiopianization," a word that Ras E.S.P. Mc Pherson has coined. The modern themes of Pan African life that youths and Elders, students and teachers can relate to are here presented. A model of development prescriptive is presented as a solution for Ethiopia, Africans, and the Rastafari International Community contemporary woes. This work will informs readers about the shift from the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to the African Union (AU); the Durban Declaration; and the major historic sources on the Ethiopian World Federation, Inc. (EWF).

Ras E.S.P. Mc Pherson is a world renowned scholar and author who has attained a B.A. (Hons.) from the Mona Campus, University of the West Indies, Jamaica; and is presently a T.C./Doctoral Candidate in Theology/Divinity at A.R.T.S. and U.T.C., USA. He is an African and Caribbean historian; Political Scientist; Sociologist; and Developmentalist. He is an author/poet/editor/publisher/producer of over 70 books/audio-books, journals/magazines/ newsletters; and an international freelance journalist. His publishing houses are: Black International Iyahbinghi Press; and, Ethiopian National Front (ENF) Publishers, Productions & Distributors International. He is an Ethiopianist educator, Pan-Africanist and community activist: creator of the "RASTAOLOGY COURSE OUTLINE"; Founder Chairman, the National Anti-apartheid Movement A Southern African Liberation Working Committee (NAM); Chairman of the Pan Africanist Movement (PAM) - Constitutional Sub-Committee [Jamaica]; Negus Nagast [King of Kings/Deputy Grand Master] of the Queen of Sheba & Pharaohs Masonic Movement - Education & Research Foundation (QS&PMM); Ilect of Throne of The Nyahbinghi Order of His Majesty Rastafari Int. Coordinating Working Committee (RICWC); Co-Coordinator/Co-Chairman of the Interfaith Fellowship Council of Jamaica (IFFCJ); Co-Chair of Moa Anbessa (Ethiopians for a Constitutional Monarchy) [Ja./USA]; Co-Founder Chairman of Ethiopia Jamaica Society (EJS) - New York Chapter (EJSNY); Founder Chairman of the Ethiopian National Front (ENF) Education & Research, Arts & Science Foundation; Co-Founder/Executive of the Comprehensive Education Plan, Inc (CEP), USA; Co-Founder, Co-Executive of the Rastafari National Council of Inity (RNCI) - Southern Region and Chairman of RNCI Foreign Affairs and Relations Sub-Committee; Co-Representative of the African Union 6th Region (AU) New York State & Co-Alternate Representative of AU 6th Region (N/S/Central America); Chief Archivist, Royal Ethiopia Juda Coptic Church (REJCC)