Haile Selassie I Celebration 2009 - ft. The Mighty Diamonds - Makeda Dread Bday Bash!

WorldBeat Center presents Haile Selassie Celebration 2009, featuring Pablo Moses, celebrating Makeda Dread's Birthday and all Leos!

The facts of his life are well known. Haile Selassie's influence on the world is his most enduring legacy. Born Tafari Makonnen in 1891, Haile Selassie came to be identified inextricably with Ethiopia. Only rarely in the modern world does the story of a man become so closely linked to the story of a nation.

The Mighty Diamonds, who are Donald "Tabby" Shaw, Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson, and Lloyd "Judge" Ferguson, come to celebrate His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie on this day. The Mighty Diamonds formed in 1969, in the Trenchtown area of Kingston, Jamaica, have been entertaining and educating the world ever since with their sweet harmonies and conscious lyrics. They quickly became known as the young group with the Motown sound with their soulful harmonies and polished performances. Tabby, Bunny and Judge have produced over 45 albums in their long career. The trio has toured the world extensively and has a strong following in Europe and Japan as well as in the US. In Jamaica they are forever loved, performing many times at Reggae Sunsplash to the delight of all in attendance.