Tafari

He took on the name Ras-Talawa Tafari, a strong leader who inspires awe.

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Haile Selassie – born Tafari Mekonnen – became emperor in 1930.

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He is worshipped to this day by Rastafarians, who take their name from "Ras", meaning "head" or "duke", and "Tafari", being Selassie's original family name.

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Rastafarians regard Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I, who was known as Ras Tafari before he rose to power in 1930, as the second coming of Christ.

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"These people may have my physical body confined, but I refuse to surrender my mind and spirit," says Allen McRae, also known as Ras-Solomon Tafari, who is serving 20 years for cocaine possession.

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Such was the case of Alexander Tafari and his two brothers, Michael and Josh.

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Mr. Tafari, I have the fifteen hundred here in the envelope.

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As she blew up in significance in my mind, I began to feel local and small, an African boy from thousands of miles away who was just trying to protect and help provide for his mother and sister by building and maintaining a small family business, who also worked in a small fish shop, and fought in a small dojo, and conquered small men like Tafari and Conflict, who were even smaller.

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When I called Gold Star Tafari back, he said he needed to have Umma come over personally to do some measurements for some custom-designed curtains for his apartment.

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He corrected me, telling me that his name was Gold Star Tafari.

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