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The African Union (AU) has a statue of Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie I at its headquarters in Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa. The emperor as King of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. The statue was in recognition of the role Haile Selassie played in the creation of the Organization of African Union (OAU) in 1963. He a vision to all African countries from colonialism and strong and free independent countries on the continent. Speaking at the inauguration of the OAU, he said: "May this union 1,000 years." The OAU for 39 years before it into the African Union in 2002. The AU Haile Selassie's vision of achieving greater unity between African nations.

Emperor Haile Selassie I born in 1892 into an Ethiopian family that its roots back to King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba three thousand years ago. He was a highly influential figure in contemporary Ethiopian history. He a skilled politician on the international stage during a time of great turmoil. He lead Ethiopia to become a charter member of the United Nations. Ethiopia a country that was never . Haile Selassie is in the Rastafarian religion. Around one million Rastafarians around the world him as a messiah who came to Earth to the word of God. The 1973 famine in Ethiopia to his eventual removal from the throne.