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| Selected Speeches of His Imperial Majesty, Haile Selassie I, 1918-1967; Published by: The Imperial Ethiopian Ministry of Information, Publication and Foreign Languages Press Department, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1967, p. 205 Speech: April 18, 1960. |
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on behalf of the struggle of the African peoples to gain the place
in the world which is their God-given birthright. Those who hail
or refuse to do so, those who lack the vision and foresight to
realize that Africa is emerging into a new era, that Africans will
no longer be denied the rights which are inalienably theirs, will
not alter or reverse the course of history, but will suffer the
inevitable consequences of their refusal to accept
reality.
Haile Selassie I
in the world which is their God-given birthright. Those who hail
or refuse to do so, those who lack the vision and foresight to
realize that Africa is emerging into a new era, that Africans will
no longer be denied the rights which are inalienably theirs, will
not alter or reverse the course of history, but will suffer the
inevitable consequences of their refusal to accept
reality.
Haile Selassie I
| Africa's Freedom |
The tide which is sweeping Africa
today cannot be stayed. No power on
earth is great enough to halt or
reverse the trend. Its march is as
relentless and inexorable as the
passage of time. The day is long
overdue for a change of attitude on
the part of those nations which have
heretofore sought to hinder or
impede this movement or which
have been content in the past to
remain passive in the face of the
impassioned cries for freedom, for
justice, for the right to stand with their
fellowmen as equals, which have gone
up from this Continent. It is time for
them to enlist their sympathetic efforts
today cannot be stayed. No power on
earth is great enough to halt or
reverse the trend. Its march is as
relentless and inexorable as the
passage of time. The day is long
overdue for a change of attitude on
the part of those nations which have
heretofore sought to hinder or
impede this movement or which
have been content in the past to
remain passive in the face of the
impassioned cries for freedom, for
justice, for the right to stand with their
fellowmen as equals, which have gone
up from this Continent. It is time for
them to enlist their sympathetic efforts