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PROFILE OF THE ORGANIZATION
The preamble of the Ethiopian Word Federation:
"We the Black People of the World, in order to effect Unity, Solidarity, Liberty, Freedom and self-determination, to secure Justice and maintain the Integrity of Ethiopia, which is our devine heritage, do hereby establish and ordain this constitution for the Ethiopian World Federation Inc".
The Ethiopian World Federation is a nonprofit-nonpolitical membership organization, incorporated in 1937 in the State of New York, United States of America and registered by the Internal Revenue Services as a 501(c) 4 (civic- league, social welfare) organization, thus making all contributions, tax deductible.
This organization came into being through the efforts of Black Americans who sent a delegation to England in the summer of 1936 to speak with H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I concerning financial matters. (The Emperor was in exile in England at that time during the invasion of Ethiopia by Italy.) In response the Emperor empowered his personal physician Dr. Malaku E. Bayen to establish the Ethiopian World Federation Inc. with the purpose set out in the preamble. The Constitution and By-Laws are, as one would expect, a very careful and businesslike document, having articles which deal with aims and objects, membership, international officers and their duties, conventions, elections, meetings, local units, their establishment and organization, committees, impeachment of officers, units, benefits, amendments, order of business, etc.
As a direct result of the support Ethiopia received from black people in the West during the Italian invasion (1935-1941), the Emperor granted 200 hectares of land in Shashemanie, Ethiopia, to The E.W.F. Inc. for Ethiopian people in the Diaspora who desired to return to the motherland. In 1970, Ras. Marcus Selassie (Solomon Wolfe), Director of The E.W.F. Charter # 43 in Jamaica, was personally appointed by H.I.M. Haile Selassie I, to administrate the "Land Grant".
Our Mission
The major goal of The Ethiopian World Federation Incorporated, is inherent in the name of the organization. The Ethiopian (meaning all Black people), World (everywhere), Federation (autonomous groups working together), desiring to do all we can to restore the continent of Ethiopia-Africa to her former state of complete independence and self-reliance thereby effecting a socio-economic betterment of the race everywhere.
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SELECTED SPEECHES OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY HAILE SELASSIE I (700 pages)
Your tax-deductible contribution gets you a copy of this must-have volume.
Call the Contribution Hot-line: 1-800-955-9725 - E-mail:
Click here for Excerpts from the Selected Speeches of H.I.M. Haile Selassie.
COMING SOON
The Rally-Round- Shashamanne CD/Album and Reggae/Rock World Tour
The Rally-Round- Shashamanne Reggae/Rock World Tour kicks off soon in Kingston, Jamaica.
All artistes are voluntarily performing to raise funds for Shashamanne and the repartriation effort.
We give thanks that the reggae music community which gets its inspiration from Rastafari is coming together in support of their brethren and sistren and greater still, in the redevelopment of Africa which is the true purpose of repatriation.
Artistes wishing to participate may contact the Ethiopian World Federation at any of our worldwide locals, or
Call: 1-800-955-9725
E-mail: E-mail:
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