The Rastafarians in Ethiopia have been celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the coronation of Ethiopia's last Emperor, Haile Selassie, whom they consider to be God reincarnated and the Messiah of the African people. The Rastafarians, who are mainly from the Caribbean, the USA and the UK, started migrating to Ethiopia in 1955, when Haile Selassie gave 500 hectares of land to all Africans that wished to return to where their ancestors were taken from to become slaves. The land that was given to them is located in the small southern Ethiopian town of Shashemene and for the Rastafarians, who have settled there, represents new life in Ethiopia the fulfillment of their religious beliefs.

Writer / Petr Zahrádka    DoP / Tomáš Sysel    Sound / Ondřej Moravec