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August- October 2009 http://www.theethiopianworldfederationinc.com Issue 7
THE CORONATION OF H.I.M
EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I
Contents
EWF Inc 2
News, Events & Reviews 13
Inspiration 21
Well-Being 24
Market Place 25
Contacts 31
“ Last Sunday, a great ceremony took
place at Addis Abbaba [Ababa], the capital
of Abyssinia. It was the Coronation
of the new Emperor of Ethiopia - Ras
Tafari. From reports and expectations,
the scene was one of great splendour,
and will long be remembered by those
who were present.
Several of the leading nations of Europe
sent representatives to the coronation,
thereby paying their respects to a rising
Negro nation that is destined to play a
great part in the fiiture history of the
world”.
Marcus Garvey, The Blackman, Kingston,
November 8th 1930.
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Greetings to Members and Non-Members
It’s that time again, Melkam Addis Amet (Happy New Year), a time to celebrate, give thanks and plan forward.
It is also a new year for the Executive Council and following a successful Convention in Ethiopia during July 2009, a new
Executive Council has been sworn in. We would like to take this opportunity to give thanks to the Executive Council of
2008/09 for their hard works and achievements and welcome the new Executive Council for 2009/10. We must also remember
that an Executive Council is only as strong as the membership that it represents. For real and sustained change in
what are difficult and uncertain times, it is important that the membership give the Executive Council their full support.
The Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated is very much focussed with strengthening and modernising its administration
as this is vital to effective functioning and the achievement of its goals and objectives. Therefore, the contribution of
the members is vital if the Organisation is to be truly reflective of its membership. In order to facilitate this membership
contribution, the channels of communications were greatly improved last year, including an improved website
www.theethiopianworldfederationinc.com, a bi-monthly eNewsletter (Voice of Ethiopia), regular updates from the
Executive Council and international members’ conference calls.
At a time when mainstream governments, banks and institutions have been embroiled in corruption and malfeasance, it is
fitting that we the Black Peoples of the World, the Ethiopian Family, have been putting our house in order and becoming
accountable to Members. Let us hope that the bigger Ethiopian Governments across the World are also doing the same, in
these perilous times.
The Editorial Team received a number of enquiries from readers about the delay in receiving the August/September issue
of the Voice of Ethiopia. It agreed that the Team would take a ‘summer holiday’ and await reports from the new Executive
Council for inclusion in the first issue of the Voice of Ethiopia following the Convention. The Team apologises for any
disappointment that this may have caused to readers and will endeavour to advise you of future delays.
Editorial Team
VOE Editorial Team
Malieka Almaz
Barrymore Tittle
Dlo Levi
Kwende Anbessa-Ebanks
Contributors
Obadiah Robinson
Wolde Selassie Tagassa King
Pablo M Imani
Dlo Levi
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Convention Update
Executive Council -
Election Results for year 2009/10
International President........Barrymore Tittle...... Local # 27 - Bronx, NY
First International Vice-President........Emma Young......Local # 27 - Bronx, NY
Second International Vice-President......Trevor Clarke.....Local # 111 - Birmingham, UK
Executive Secretary.....Pauline Anderson .......Local # 3 - London, UK
International Treasurer......Joan Henry Whyte... Local # 27 - Bronx, NY
International Organizer.......Lloyd Robinson ....... Local # 111 - Birmingham UK
International Chaplain ......Raymond Topping......Local # 17 - St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica
Elected Members:
Ivory Black.......Local # 27 - Bronx, NY
Owen Duckett........Local # 27 - Bronx, NY
Patricia Nelson........Local # 13 - Connecticut
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The next Convention of
The Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated
is scheduled to take place in
St Ann’s Bay, Jamaica
July 2010
To include
Malaku E Bayen Exhibition
Members Rally
Business Meetings
Elections
Please see the Website for further details
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Executive Council summary
1. The power of attorney has been given to the attorney in Ethiopia to represent the organisation and all
previous documents and instructions are now null and void.
2. Official EIN numbers have been issued to groups in Bronx, New York; Hartford, Connecticut and
Miami, Florida. Recognised groups out side the US are in St Ann’s and Montego Bay, Jamaica;
Roseau, Dominica; Paris, France; London and Birmingham, UK and Shashemane, Ethiopia. Investiga-
tions continues with regards to other groupings of members elsewhere including Ghana and Addis
Ababa.
3. EIN numbers have being removed from two groups and letters sent to the parties notifying them of this
action and giving them the opportunity to report to the Executive Council.
4. An international members teleconference meeting took place on the first Sunday of October, these meet-
ings will continue on the first Sunday of each month. Future teleconference meetings will have restricted
security access for authorised groups or individual members only.
5. Our attorney in the US is also recognised as the agent of the Ethiopian World Federation, In-
corporated by all government agencies and and is retained to defend the organisation against any uncon-
stitutional activity.
6. Sistren Winsome Welcome was unable to take up the duties on the office of the Executive Council due
to prior commitments, as Recording Secretary of Local No. 27 and enrolment on a University Course.
Consequently the person receiving the next highest vote during the election in Ethiopia, Pauline Ander-
son of Local No. 3 has taken up the post and Patricia Nelson of Local No. 13 will take a place as Execu
tive member.
7. The Executive Council has identified premises in Harlem New York suitable to establish an international
office and this shall be the main point of business for the next Executive conference meeting.
Members of the New Executive
Council met with staff and
pupils at the Malaku E Bayen
School, during the Convention
in Ethiopia in July 2009. It was
agreed that the Ethiopian World
Federation, Inc. would refurbish
the existing school, which was
started by the Organisation in
the 1960s.
The school houses well over a
1000 children and is in great
need of upgrading and support.
Publicity and fundraising activities
will begin shortly to support
the development and contibutions
from the Malaku E Bayen
Exhibition will go to towards the
fundraising.
Above and right are a selection of
photographs showing classrooms
and external areas.

EWF Inc Delegates Departing from
London to Ethiopia
International Delegates
and Members from
UK, New York and
Jamaica spent time
together, before departing
for Ethiopia from
London on Sunday
12th July 2009 for
Convention 2009.
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Left to right - Ras Kefentse, Ras Mora, Ras IQulah, Ras Kulcha T, Sis Wolete Gabreal, Ras Junior,
Ras Obidiah, Ras Oscar and Ras Bredrin
Ras IQulah (Local No. 17, Jamaica), Ras Obadiah (Local No. 111, Birmingham),
Ras Mora (Local No. 27, New York)

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Malaku E Bayen
Exhibition
Ethiopia
July 2009
Malaku E Bayen Exhibition and
presentation was a spectacular success,
although the logistics of attempting
such an event in Ethiopia
is not easy. We were able to
accomplish the effort through the
coordinated efforts of members
at home and abroad. All was not
as planned but with the great effort
of members especially Rueben
Kush who is based in Addis Ababa,
the Ethiopian people were able to
see the light of Malaku Emmanel
Bayen.
The exhibition was housed at the
Lily of the Valley Hotel, Shashamane
and the Imperial Hotel, Addis
Ababa, with 600 to 700 people
attending the event over five days.
Following a meeting with with the
President of St Mary’s Law University,
a request has been made to
EWF Inc to show the exhibition at
the Law School.
It is clear that the event was of
much benefit to Ethiopians at
home and those resident in Ethiopia
from abroad. For many Ethiopians
it was the first opportunity
for them to learn about and gain
an understanding of the great
works of Malaku E Bayen and the
Ethiopian World Federation, its
members and how the Land Grant
in Shashamane came about.
It is intended to re-run the Exhibition
in Ethiopia and to improve on
its quality and presentation, as well
as launching a more intense publicity
camapaign.
The cost of the Exhibition was
sponsored by the International Organiser
at a cost of US$1500. The
International Organiser’s office is
currently seeking sponsorship, donations
and advertising booking
from individuals and businesses,
to enable the Exhibition to be improved
and transported around the
world, including St Ann’s Jamaica
during the Convention in 2010
(See Headquarters Contact Details
at rear of VOE).
The following are a few of the
comments from Exhibition
attendees(exactly as scripted)
“Dr Malaku E is one of Ethiopian hero.
I as a citizen share the same objective
ewf: victory over Italy is victory
of all Black men”. 15-07-09
“I am happy finally Ethiopians has
come to know of Dr Malaku’s works”.
Matasefa Haile 18-07-09
“I have seen the best history of the Emperor
at the all time”.
Tegasse Avay 19-07-09
“Wonderful exhibition, valuable history,
hope more people can see”.
Kim Gad 19-07-09
“Wow Wow.. as an Ethiopian I am
ashamed of my little knowledge of this
nations history. But now I am greatly
astonished and felt proud of my history.
How to sustain this colourful history in
the present days remains the challenge.
Long live Ethiopia”. 20-07-09

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Local 8, Malaku E Bayen, celebrates HIM Iration in
Paris park
Local 8 kept an unusual but enjoyable ‘Breakfast’ celebration in a Parisian park during July 2009. There
were activities for the youths, a presentation on EWF Inc, musicians and acapella singers, as well as food
and drink, including a ‘cake of Love’!!!
Top left - Two Little Lions; Top Right - Two EWF Inc Members
Reason; Centre Left -Bongo Man and Bredrin Reason; Botton Left
- International Muscian and EWF Inc Member, Ras Dawit Drums
and Botton Right - Ras Letef and Bobos Drum

Top Left - Ras Dawit and Bredrin Drums; Top Right - Sis Marie on Call; Above
Left - Book Stall; Above Right - Bongo Man and Youth; Below Left - Sis Mouna
and Bobo Dread Enjoy the Moment and Bottom Right - Ras Letef and Bredrin
Drums
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A JOURNEY TO
THE GIFTED
LAND OF
VARIETY:
SOUTHERN
ETHIOPIA
For most of us travelling to Ethiopia,
Addis Ababa and Shashemane
are the main destinations, also
historical and spiritual places like
Axum, Lalibela, Gondar and Bahir
Dar are well known. Only few adventure
into the South and the wild
southern regions.
Just imagine a part of the
Caribbean in the Ethiopian Rift
Valley, then let me take you to cities
like Awassa in Sidamo, Sodo in
Woleita and Arba Minch in Gamo
Gofa, Karrat in Konso. All of these
are part of the Southern Nations,
Nationalities and Peoples Regional
State (SNNPRS).
The Southern Nations Nationalities
and People Regional
State is one of the nine states in
Ethiopia. The chain of sparkling
lakes, hot and cold spring waters,
abundant wild life and bird life and
a variety of beautiful natural scenery
and resources, make the region
a unique place in its own way. There
are more than 56 ethnic groups with
their distinct cultural, and traditional
values. The region is divided
into 13 zones or
provinces.
L e a v -
ing Shashemane
in the Oromya
province, it will
take you about
25 minutes, after
the check point,
to get to Awasssa
in the Sidamo
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province, the largest
province of the SN-
NPRS. Awassa is the
capital city of both
Sidamo province and
The Southern Nations
Nationalities
and Peoples Regional
State (SNNPRS).
It is located 20kms
from Shashsemane
and 275 kms from
Addis Ababa.
Awassa got its
name form the lake:
Hawassa Lake. Traditionally,
according to
history, farmers, peasants
and others used
to gather by the lake
to feed their cattles,
get water or fish for
their domestic use.
Lake Awassa is one
of the most beautiful
and serene lakes of
the southern region.
The city was
officially established by His Imperial
Majesty Emperor Haile Sellassie
1st in 1959, as He was Himself
governor of the Sidamo province in
1908. Nowadays Awassa is a charming
and modern city with various
facilities for visitors, hotels, hospitals,
banks, universities, and a good
administration. The lake is one a of
main attraction, including visits on
boat and also Mounts Tabor and
Alamura, the Millennium Park, the
hot springs and the St Gabriel Or-
Unique Towering Behive Homes of the Dorze People
Beautiful Paridise Lodge in Arbaminch
thodox Church. A palace built by
His Imperial Majesty, Ras Tafari,
in 1957, as a temporary stay, the
“Kuyuwata” palace can also be visited.
Using the public bus from
Awassa, the journey to Sodo city in
Woleita takes 2 or 3 hours travelling
between smooth and rugged
roads through villages, green lands
and cultivated farms, small streams
of water and fresh unpolluted air.
Driving through the great Rift Valley,
I could observed the outstand-

Traditional High Powered Ambatch
Boats, Lake Abaya
ing natural beauty with high mountains,
steep valleys, rollings plains,
rivers and the beautiful people of
the area, smiling and reflecting their
culture in their doings.
The town of Sodo Woleita
is about 160 kms from Awassa and
385 kms from Addis Ababa. Its inhabitants
are mainly expert farmers
and its bustling market is worth a
visit. There are good standard hotels
at reasonable prices. It takes 20
minutes to have a drink and/or a
snack and to change bus which will
take you to one of the most fertile
area of the southern region. Two
more hours of travel takes in green
land with lush vegetation, forests,
but more amazingly, while on the
bus we could appreciate the most
diverse fields and farms of fruits
and vegetables like, papaya, mango,
banana and false banana (ensete),
orange, pineapple, lemon, sugar
cane, avocado, coffee, corn, cotton,
pumpkin, cassava and dasheen, just
to mention some.
Futhermore, a range of
mountains is surrounding the area,
which makes it a natural fascination.
A part of one of the most famous
national parks of Ethiopia,
the Nech-sar (White Grass) Park,
can be seen when driving to the city
of Arba Minch (Forty Springs).
Near by the city, 26 kms up
to Chencha, the Dorze people ethnic
group are well known for their
woven cotton cloth (shama) and
their traditional towering beehive
shaped houses made from bamboo
and reaching up to 12 metres high.
The Dorze were once warriors who
have turned to farming and weaving.
The city of Arba Minch (Forty
Springs) is located in the Gamo
Gofa province, 275kms from Awassa
and 510 kms from Addis Ababa,
and was establised in 1962. It gets
its name “Forty Springs” from the
many springs of clear waters coming
form the hills around the capital
of the Semein Omo zone. Arba
Minch is a very attractive and natural
city with welcoming people and
many, many natural and cultural attractions.
Most of the international
and local standard hotels have kept
the traditional and cultural aspects
of the region. Major hotels are
Tourist Hotel, Bekele Mola Hotel,
Paradise Lodge and Swaynes Hotel
which along with the many pension
and guest houses, are easy to access.
Qualifed tour guides are available as
a measure of safety and sustainability.
The largest airport of the Southern
region is located in Arba Minch
with 3 to 4 weekly fligths from and
to Addis Ababa.
Two of the most beautiful
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lakes of the Rift Valley lie down
just a few miles from the city: Lake
Chamo (350 sq kms/214 miles)
and Lake Abaya 1070 sq kms/653
sq miles), separated by a hilly ridge
or small mountain named ”Bridge
of Heaven”. Lake Chamo is rich in
aquatic life and is also a habitat for
pink pelicans, hippopotamus and
the famous crocodiles (5 to7 metres
long). Its market is well worth
a visit. These two lakes are still part
of the Nech-sar Park, which is an
outstanding example of a savannah
park between two of the most spectacular
Ethiopian lakes of Chamo
and Abaya. So far, 91 mammalian
species and 351 bird species are recorded
in this national park, which
covers a total of 514 sq kms/314
sq miles. Arba Minch and its surroundings
are ideal locations for
bird watchers, trekkers and lovers of
wilderness to chill and relax while
enjoying nature’s beauty and different
cultures.
Moving further south was
full of anticipation fo me as I was
going to Karat in Konso special
zone, 95 kms from Arba Minch,
365 kms from Awassa and 610 kms
from Addis Ababa. Karat is the capital
of Konso.
The Konso people are one
of the original dark skinned Ethiopians
who have kept their tradition,
culture and principles for thousands
Seven Metre Nile Crocodile on shore of Lake Chamo

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of years. They practice an intensive
from of agriculture on the terraced
hills; they build terraces on sloping
terrains in order to prevent soil
erosion. The Konso live together in
communal villages and the stone
walls built around every cottage
help to prevent the spreading of
fire to other houses in case of fire
outbreaks. The Konso are also well
know for their wooden totems or
erected figures (waka) placed on the
graves of their heroes and ancestors.
Another attraction, unique to
the Konso, is the geomorphological
feature called New York, which is
an eroded stone terrain that resembles
the sky scrapers in New York
City (USA).
Finally, a must see - the
Konso Eco-lodge (Strawberry
Fields). This is a project which
represent the local culture, offering
standard hospitality (traditionally
built bungalows), in an environmentally
friendly setting. The
organic restaurant provides vegan
organic food from its own farm, all
within a pleasant and unforgetable
atmosphere. What a journey! All of
us should try it; I promise you will
feel so at ease in this Caribbean part
of Ethiopia.
The last parts of the south,
before Kenya and the south Sudan
borders, are part of the Omo Valley,
Kaffa, inhabited by ethnic groups
like the Mursi, Surma, Hamers Tsemay,
Bena, Arbore, Karo and Ari.
On the way back to Shashemane
I could glance a massive baboon
and appreciate again the magnificent
nature and wildlife of the
southern region. Lovely beauty.
If you are interested to know more
get in touch!
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Local No. 3, London
11th September
27th September
October (UK)
2nd November
10 December
7th January
19th January
February (USA)
6th February
2nd March
3rd April
18th - 21st April
5th May
25th May
16th July
23rd July
17th August
25th August
Addis Amet - Ethiopian New Year
Maskal - Finding of True Cross
Black History Month (UK)
Emperor Haile Selassie I and
Itegue Menen Coronation Day
(1930)
Declaration of Human Rights
(1948)
Genna - Ethiopian Christmas
Timket - Ethiopian Epiphany
Black History Month (USA)
Bob Marley Earth Day (1945)
Adowa Victory (1896)
Her Imperial Majesty, Itegue
(Empress) Menen Earth Day
(1891)
H.I.M Visits Caribbean: Trinidad,
Barbados and Jamaica (1966)
Ethiopian Liberation Day Victory
(1941)
Afrikan Liberation Day OAU
(1963)
Ethiopian Constitution Day
(1931) & EWF Inc Convention
Day
H.I.M Ras Tarfari, Emperor Haile
Selassie I Earth Day (1892)
Marcus Mosiah Aurelius Garvey
Earth Day (1887)
The EWF Inc Constituted (1937)

Ethiopia
Africa Session at the G8
L’Aquila Summit
Prime Minister Meles Zeawi, the Chair of the Heads
of State and Government Implementation Committee
of NEPAD, participated in the G8 Africa
Session at the G8 Summit held in L’Aquila, Italy (8th
- 10th July) along with the Heads of State and Government
of G8 countries, the President of the European
Commission, the Heads of State and Government
of Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and
Angola, the Chair of
the African Union and
the President of the
African Union Commission.
The G8 and African
partners agreed on the
importance of continuing
to reinforce their
partnership, based on
mutual accountability
and respect, for common
good.
Leaders agreed that the
economic and financial crisis is hitting the poorest hardest
and jeopardising progress made in health, the eradication of
hunger and poverty. They also underscored the need to act
swiftly to restore growth and implement adequate measures
to protect the most vulnerable. G8 countries reiterated
their commitments, including those made in Gleneagles
and more recently at the G20 London Summit to support
African efforts towards promoting development, good governance
and achieving the MDGs.
Also discussed was the impact of climate change on Africa.
Leaders agreed on the need to ensure that the specific
concerns of developing countries are adquately addressed
in the agreement to be reached at the UN conference in
Copenhagen. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said the $20
bilion pledge by the Summit would assist Afrian countries
to effectively implement the New Partnership for Africa’s
Development (NEPAD) and also help fight the world food
crisis.
News
Ethiopia Plans New Rail
System
The Ethiopian government has confirmed its plans
to build an extensive railway system. The plan
involves the construction of 5,000km of track, mainly
for carrying freight. This would be a standard gauge
railway, electrified to take advantage of the abundant,
cheap electricity expected to be produced by ambithious
new hydroelectric schemes soon to come into
operation.
At the moment, Ethiopia has only one railway - the
historic gauge line from Addis Ababa to Djibouti. A
major project is currently underway to restore it, with
European Union support. Almost a third of the track
is being re-laid, using heavier weight rails.
A spectacular stretch of the line, near the town of
Metahara, where the track runs on a narrow causeway
across a volcanic lake, has already been completed.
The railway’s general manager, to’om Terie, said he
expects a volume of about 10 trains a day and a comfortable
operating profit. When the work is finished
i perhaps 18 months time, the system will still be
narrow gauge, but will be much safer ad more robust,
able to take heavier trains at faster speeds.
Euro Cable Plc Launches
Production of Elecric
Cables in Ethiopia
Euro Cables Plc, the first private cable factory in
Ethiopia, has launched production of all kinds of
electric cales for the first time in the country.
The general Manager of the factory said that in addition
to supprting efforts to expand electricity in Ethiopia, the
domestic production of electricity cables would facilitate
housing development in Ethiopia. The factory was established
with over 70 million Birr capital in a joint venture
with Demes Kablo San Tic Ltd Sti, a Turkish company.
The estalbishment of the factory would play an important
role in reducing Ethiopia’s foreigh currency expenditure
because electricity cables were imported from abroad. The
locally produced cables would save 40% of foreign currency
expenditre. In addition to transferring technologies
to the country, it would also enable exporting.

News
Ethiopian Airlines Wins
the 2009 Airline of the
Year Award
Ethiopian Airlines was named the ‘Airline of the
Year 2009’ at the Africa Business Awards organised
by the London-based African Business and the Commonwealth
Business Council (CBC). The award was
presented to Ethiopian Airlines at the ceremony held
at the Grosvenor House Hotel, in London on 6th July
2009.
According to the judging panel, Ethiopian Airlines
were chosen from a pool of nomiees based on “solid
financial results coupled with distinctive customer
service, punctuality and innovative products and services
for consumers, especially in opening new routes.
After receiving the award, Mr Yeneneh Tekelyes,
Director for Advertising and Promotions of Ethiopian
Airlines said, “while we rejoice for winning the award,
the recognition of our overall excellence among other
African airlines motivates and encourages us to provide
and deliver even more prducts and better services”.
Arbaminch University to
Launch Four New Postgraduate
Programs
Arbaminch University, one of the State owned higer
learning institutions, has announced plans to launch
four postgraduate programs for the coming academic
year. The postgraduate programs will be in Numerical
Analysis, Botanical Science, geotechnical Engineering
and Manufacturing Engineering. The University has
also established a library ad a laboratory for postgraduate
students that provide around the clock services
to trainees. The new gruaduate studies will be enrolling
40 students every year, boosting the postgraduate
intake of the University to more than 200 students at
a time.
The university also launched postgraduate programs
in six fields of study in March 2009, raising its postgraduate
programs to twelve.
All-African Leather Fair
to be Held in Addis
The Ethiopian Leather Industries Association
(ELIA) is organising the 3rd All-African Leather
Fair (AALF) 2010, which will take place in Addis
Ababa from 20th to 22nd January 2010.
First English Language
FM Station on Air
Ethiopia’s first FM radio station broadcasting in the
English language began a six day pre-test broadcast
on 29th May. The station, run y Paconet Media
Plc was incorporated in January 2008 with an initial
capital of 3 million Birr. The station will broadcast on
FM band 105.3 AfrolFM.
Information provided by Ethiopian Embassy,
London.
UK
21st Century Jamaica – A
Diaspora Perspective
The 4th in the series of
“Under The Microscope”
Forum
18:30 - 21:00 Hrs
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Queen Mary University of London, Skeel Lecture
Theatre, People Palace
327 Mile End Road
London E1
Phone: 07515430471
Email: info@ffbj.org / spitkin@ffbj.org
Hosted by For a Better Jamaica

Ghana
Ghana: New Deal to Help
Conserve Forests
The Ghanaian government has signed a landmark
agreement which will help it stop the export of
illegally-cut timber, thus helping to conserve the
country’s forests.
The agreement is between the government and a
British company which develops computer software
which can track bar-coded timber. The software will
help Ghana identify and plug “leakages” in the supply
chain as logs move from forests to markets, said
Fredua Agyeman, technical director for forestry at the
Ghanaian Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources,
in an interview with AllAfrica in Accra.
Alex Gayer, commercial director of the British firm,
Helveta, added that the system will allow not only
governments and business, but also non-governmental
organizations and local communities to track the
movement of timber.
“In Ghana, it [the system] is being selected to be the
backbone of the national wood tracking system. And
that should bring substantial benefits,” he said.
Alex Gayer signing on behalf of Helveta.
Illegal logging, in which timber is harvested, transported
and sold in violation of national laws, is
an ongoing problem in many African countries. It
contributes to deforestation and the loss of millions of
dollars in revenue.
In Liberia, for example, home to one of Africa’s largest
rain forests, the illegal trade in timber fueled the
country’s civil war for years, leading to United Nations
sanctions on exports which were only recently lifted.
Ghana last year became the first country to sign a
“voluntary partnership agreement” (VPA) with the
European Union, a major importer of timber, providing
for the establishment of a licensing scheme to ensure
that only legal timber from producing countries
enters the EU.
The agreement between Ghana and Helveta was
recently signed at a ceremony at Ghana’s Ministry of
Lands and Natural Resources in downtown Accra. The
ministry’s chief director, Ahmed Bin Said, signed on
behalf of the government and Alex Gayer signed for
the company.
In a speech in June, the Minister of Lands and Natural
Resources, Alhaji Collins Dauda, was quoted as
saying that revenue from timber has been “stabilized”
at about U.S. $212 million over the past five years, accounting
for about 11 percent of export revenues. He
noted that the greatest challenge facing the industry
was rapid exploitation, which has resulted in disastrous
deforestation and consequent environmental
degradation.
In an interview following the signing ceremony,
Fredua Agyeman acknowledged that “obviously there
are problems of illegal activities in the field.” But he
cautioned that until the tracking system was installed,
the government would not be able to quantify its
extent. “Once we have [determined] the yield, we
should be able to know that what we have given out is
actually what is going through the system,” he said.
The new software will track timber as it moves along
the supply chain, using information gathered by
handheld devices from bar code tags on trees and logs
and transmitted by technology which includes data
transfer by mobile phone. The fast gathering and entry
of information enables those controlling the system to
act quickly to stop the movement of illegal timber.
Gayer said that by eliminating paper-based control
systems, the new technology would help reduce the
risk of fraud, thus boosting revenue from taxes.
He added that Ghana was setting the pace for other
countries: “What we are witnessing is a sort of domino
effect. Other countries seeing the progress that
Ghana is making are following suit, and there are now
various countries in the region that are now engaged
with the EU in negotiating VPAs and putting in similar
systems.” The value of the contract has not been
disclosed.
Boakai Fofana
allAfrica.com
24th July 2009
News

News
Jamaica
Reduction in Remittances
Traditionally, foreign workers boost both the economies
of the countrie they work in as well as teir home
countries. But studies say that the current global
economic crisis had sapped much of such cross-border
monetary exchange.
In 2008, workers abroad collectively sent $328 billion
in earnings back to their country compared with
$285 billion in 2007, a 15.1% increase. Of worldwide
remittances, India was top with receipts of $52 billion.
“As the US job market weakness continues, officially
recorded remittance flows to Latin America and the
Caribbean region have dropped significantly in the first
hald of 2009” (World Bank). Workers from Jamaica
remitted 17% less to their home country than during
the same period one year ago, resulting in the largest
loss amongst all countries in the area.
Epoch Times - August 12-18, 2009
Red Gold n Green Day Pre
School - Global Appeal
We are a group of 15 Rasta women based in 2 communities
namely: Philippi Marcus Garvey and in Khaylitsha. We as
the women of our community have come to realize that we need
our own crèche run by Rasta. The reason for this is we are realizing
a great change in our children’s behavior and these changes
do not favor a Rasta life, and also in reflection on our own lives
we need to have our children educated by us at the same time
for them not to fall behind with the ever changing society, we
need them to embrace this life fully, well equipped and without
them losing their own identity in the ever changing world. To
make situations even more challenging the teachers are not well
informed about Rasta life. We need to keep our children safe and
balanced and we can’t blame them because there are many other
children in the crèche/school.
So we decided to get together as the women and work
towards our own day care centre and after school care centre, the
challenges we face here is that we have limited resources hence
we are experiencing discomfort working towards our vision and
not able to produce the desired effect of educating our children.
Having learnt of the learnership and the programs on offer we
have approached Grass Roots and ELRU to help us, empower us
with knowledge to run a proper well kept, well organized crèche
for the sake of the children of our community, other parents don’t
have patience and they remove their children from school not
realizing we are slowly creating another ignorant generation, and
we as Rasta women refuse to sit back and watch this happen. So
these two organizations have agreed to put together for a basic
child care program where we will be workshopped to write a test
and receive certificates to show that we are qualified teachers. We
want to do this as professionally as possible so as to avoid unnecessary
conflicts with the law.
This crèche is not only to benefit our Rasta community
it is for the whole community because Rasta has a message of
unity for everyone and we can influence our bigger community
for a positive change, of self love, self respect and self sufficiency,
with young children equipped with skills at a young age to help
older children with their homework and create for them an after
school program so they don’t idol with this we are hoping to
decrease the amount of teenage pregnancy and boys to stay away
from drugs and unhealthy friendships created out of boredom
and lack of activities within our communities.
Currently we are registered as a non profit organization
with Department of Social Development but it takes three
months to receive your registration number, we have found
temporal grounds within Philippi that we can use till we get
permanent land and we are trying to find means to get building
materials, we are in communication with the council of Philippi
concerning funds to or ways to do this course via Government
through our meetings we are aware that what we are asking from
them can only materialize in 2010 July because we missed their
financial year 2009.
The sisters have been volunteering in 3 crèches 1 in
Cape Town, the other in Observatory and the other one in Khaylitsha
just so to get a feel of a crèche environment. We also do
our own fund raiser events and craft markets. We are fundraising
for the First Aid course which is not as expensive as the Child
Care course. We are currently working towards an event for the
10th October as our fundraiser for October and we have a raffle
sheet which that day will be a lucky draw tickets are between R20
and R1000 winner wins dinner for 2 at the Ethiopian Restaurant
in Long street. In honesty we can’t do it alone.
Thobekile Mbanda
chairperson of RGG
RGG Pre School
Tel: 071 0460499/ 0784381116 /0796617598
Address: 9004 Crescent 26
Marcus Garvey
Phillipi
7750
Fax: 086 6082868
E-mail: redgoldngreedccentre@gmail.com
Should you be able to contribute or know of any people who
are willing to help in anyway be it books clothes etc please find
below our adress and bank details:
RGG PRE SCHOOL
Bank acc:11998000285
Bank:CAPITECH
Branch:khayelitsha
Code: 470010
Swift Code:NEDZAJJ(if you are over sees)
This is not an Ethiopian World Federation Inc Project
- The Organisation is providing free publicity to Red
Gold n Green Pre School and all enquiries are to be
made direct to Red Gold n Green.

Events

Events
79th Coronation Anniversary
of
H.I.M Emperor Haile Selassie I
&
Empress Menen
ORDER OF THE DAY
This is a sacred time of Ijoicing and giving Ises to the King
of all kings, Lord over all lords, Conquering Lion of the tribe
of Judah, Ilect of Himself and Light of the world. Emperor
Haile Selassie 1 st of Ethiopia. InI Ivine Ruler, whose
Omnipotent Reign, is for Iver and Iver!
Programme of Activities
Ivine Salute and Opening Ises
Community Reports
Nyahbinghi Ises
From: 9PM Till Iwah
Ras Tafari Royal Dress Code Must Be Observed
It is the duty of every Nyahbinghi Ion and Iata
TO Ensure That The Order Is Maintained.
Camp Lane Community Centre
176 Camp Lane, Raleigh Industrial Estate
Handsworth, Birmingham B21 8JA, Off Soho Road,
opposite West Bromwich Albion football ground
Buses: 74, 79, from City Centre to West Bromwhich
For More Information Tel:
Birmingham; Ras Macka (07958195385)
Leicester; Ras Wolde (07902892016)
London; Ras Junior (07723372865)
North; Ras Paulos (07814877246
This Event Is Sponsored By
The Ancient Order Of The Nyahbinghi In The U.K
Admission: FREE – All Donations Are Welcome
Emperor Haile Selassie 1 st
First Ancient Power of the Trinity
79th CORONATION ANNIVERSARY
H.I.M EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE& EMPRESS MENEN
MONDAY 2nd NOVEMBER 2009
CAMP LANE COMMUNITY CENTRE
176 Camp Lane, Raleigh Industrial Estate
Handsworth Birmingham B21 8JA

Melkam Masqal
About Our Coronation as Emperor
“On the 17 Maskeram 1909 (=27 September 1916), I was chosen heir to the Throne and Regent,
with Queen Zawditu occupying the Throne; and when I had patiently carried out the
work of Government, for fourteen years, in my office of Regent Plenipotentiary, Queen Zawditu
died on 24th Megabit 1922 (= 2nd April 1930) an, consequently on the morrow I was
proclaimed Emperor and assumed the Throne”.
Events
As can be seen from the above excerpt taken from H.I.M. Autobiography translated and annotated by Edward Ullendorff, RasTafarI
was chosen to be King on a very special day, MASQAL. This day is commemorated in Ethiopia as the finding of the true cross and
is one of the days stipulated in the EWF constitution to be observed with appropriate ceremony. Without any doubt InI can state
that InI Redeemer is here. On this day every year in Masqal Square Addis Ababa and at each and every EOT Church throughout the
country. Fires are lit to remember the vision and reward given to Queen Elleni of Ethiopia to light a Fire and excavate the earth where
the shadow from the clouds of smoke settled on the land outside Jerusalem. From this excavation the remains of the Cross of Yesus
was found and brought back to Ethiopia. This was Ethiopia’s reward for defeating the Muslims who had occupied Jerusalem for many
years. Are these event mere coincidence or the fulfillment of prophecy? The true cross has been found.
Melkam Masaq-Fire Burn Babylon,
RasTafarI Liveth
Ras Wolde Selassie-Tages King

Reviews
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Reviews
Ghetto Sound Vol II
Reggae Doesn’t Get Better
This is one of the best Reggae albums to come out
of South Afrika, locally produced by the Ghetto
Sound Production team from Cape Town. On
this compilation album the producers once again
brought together the people of African descent
from both Africa and the Diaspora to come up
with this great production ranging from Lovers
Rock to Roots and Reality songs. The album
features Cape Town artists like Crosby, Chad
Saaiman, Supreme and Vido Jelashe (Now based
in Germany), from the UK the album features
Prince Malachi and Peter Spence from Jamaica the
album features Jimmy Riley, Yellowman, Laza of
LMS, C-Sharp, Systa Irie, Anthony John, Iceman
and Thriller Blacks.
Backing all artists is Cape Town’s top ranking Reggae band, Azania Band, the album was recorded at the Band’s
own studio in Cape Town and some songs voiced at different studios ranging from Tuff Gong, Anchor recording
studio and Creative Sounds in Kingston, Jamaica. While working on the album, the producers teamed
up with Prince Malachi and Hopeton Hibbert, on guitars we also have Kashta of the Ras Ites and Hopeton
Hibbert.
For the people who love good melodic Reggae music this is one album to have in your collection.
Repatrination Guide
Ethiopia Just Got Closer!
I really must applaud the Sistren on your Repatrination
Guide!!! A very good first handbook
and guide (in full colour) for the firsttime
visitor and investor to Ethiopia, at a very
reasonable price.
Ras Kwende (Local No. 3, London)

So Jah Say
Haile Selassie I; The
Lion of Judah on
African Unity
We stand today on the stage
of world affairs, before the audience
of world opinion. We have come together
to assert our role in the direction
of world affairs and to discharge
our duty to the great continent whose
two hundred and fifty million people
we lead. Africa is today at mid-course,
in transition from the Africa of Yesterday
to the Africa of Tomorrow. Even as
we stand here, we move from the past
into the future. The task on which we
have embarked, the making of Africa,
will not wait. We must act, to shape
and mould the future and leave our
imprint on events as they slip pass into
history.
We seek, at this meeting, to
determine whither we are going and to
chart the course of our destiny. It is no
less important that we know whence
we came. An awareness of our past is
essential to the establishment of our
personality and our identity as Africans.
This world was not crested
piecemeal. Africa was born no later
and no earlier than any other geographical
area on this globe. Africans,
no more and no less than other men,
possess all human attributes, talents
and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
Thousands of years ago, civilizations
flourished in Africa which suffer not at
all by comparison with those of other
continents. In those centuries, Africans
were politically free and economically
independent. Their social patterns were
their own and their cultures truly indigenous.
The obscurity which enshrouds
the centuries which elapsed between
those earliest days and the rediscovery
of Africa is being gradually dispersed.
What is certain is that during those
long years Africans were born, lived
and died. Men on other parts of this
earth occupied themselves with their
own concerns and, in their conceit,
proclaimed that the world began and
ended at their horizons. All unknown
to them, Africa developed in its own
pattern, growing in its own life and,
in the Nineteenth Century, finally reemerged
into the world’s consciousness.
The events of the past hundred and fifty
years require no extended recitation
from us. The period of colonialism into
which we were plunged culminated
with our continent fettered and bound;
with our once proud and free peoples
reduced to humiliation and slavery;
with Africans terrain cross-hatched and
checker–boarded by artificial and arbitrary
boundaries. Many of us, during
those bitter years, were overwhelmed
in battle, and those who escaped conquest
did so at the costs of desperate
resistance and bloodshed. Others were
sold into bondage as the price extracted
by the colonialists for the ‘protection’
which they extended and the possessions
of which they disposed. Africa was
a physical resource to be exploited and
Africans were chattels to be purchased
bodily or, at best, peoples to be reduced
to vasselage and lackeyhood. Africa was
the market for the produce of other nations
and the source of the raw materials
with which their factories were fed.
Today, Africa has emerged
from this dark passage. Our Armageddon
is past. Africa has been reborn as a
free continent and Africans have been
reborn as free men. The blood that was
shed and the sufferings that were endured
are today Africa’s advocates for
freedom and unity. Those men who
refused to accept the judgement passed
upon them by the colonisers, who held
Inspiration
unswervingly through the darkest hours
to a vision of an Africa emancipated
from political, economic and spiritual
domination, will be remembered and
revered wherever Africans meet. Many
of them never set foot on this continent.
Others were born and died here.
What we may utter today can add little
to the heroic struggle of those who, by
their example, have shown us how precious
are freedom and human dignity
and of how little value is life without
them. Their deeds are written in history.
Africa’s victory, although proclaimed,
is not yet total, and areas of
resistance still remain. Today, we name
as our first great task the final liberating
of those Africans still dominated by foreign
exploitation and control. With the
goal in sight and unqualified triumph
within our grasp, let us not now falter
or lag or relax. We must make one final
supreme effort; now, when the struggle
grows weary, when so much has been
won, that the thrilling sense of achievement
has brought us near satiation. Our
liberty is meaningless unless all Africans
are free. Our brothers in the Rhodesias,
in Mozambique, in Angola, in South
Africa cry out in anguish for our support
and assistance. We must urge on their
behalf their peaceful accession to independence.
We must align and identify
ourselves with all aspects of their liberation
and not fail to back our words with
action. To them we say, your pleas shall
not go unheeded. The resources of Africa
and all freedom-loving nations are
marshalled in your service. Be of good
heart, for your deliverance is at hand.
1. One important lesson that we have
learnt from the experience of the last
ten years is that we cannot leave the further
progress of African unity to take its
own direction at its own pace without
active guidance from us.The volume of
intra-African trade, which at present,
accounts for less than ten percent of our
total foreign trade should be progressively
increased, so that by the end of
the decade trade among African countries
should occupy a significant place
in the exports of each of our countries.
Cont/d Page 22

Inspiration
Article from the original Voice of Ethiopia
Volume 2 Number 10
Saturday, April 2, 1938
SUCCESS IS SURE
The Ethiopian World Federation,
will succeed in its objectives of (1)
rendering vital assistance to Ethiopia
in her great difficulty, (2) Ushering in
a new day for the Black race throughout
the world. The effort was born of
resentment against the injustice done
by Italy and all Europe to Ethiopia, the
same feeling will keep the effort alive
and will give it speed and force.
Stumbling Blocks
But success will not be a simple
or an easy matter for there will remain
stumbling blcoks. Some of our
people will oppose the movement.
That is to be expected. It would indeed
be strange if the four hundred millions
people thought and felt the same way.
Some of the opponents will be allied
with those forces that are detemined
that Black men shall not enjoy all the
rights, responsibilities and privileges of
human beings.
Some of our opponents will be
those who care only for their immediate,
small, personal interests and so will
accept pay from the enemy to hamper
the work of the Federation. A few of
these we have already seen in operation
but they have been unable to break the
Solid Federation Front.
Then there will be the intriguers,
the pahtological cases the diseased
minds who cannot make up their
minds to break away from an old and
decadent course, who lack the will to
decide and so spread doubt and suspicion
among the loyal and true and
vigorous workers for Black freedom.
Those also we have seen. They
are weak in will, they are timid. They
lack power to convince any one. They
are known partly by their inability to
stick to their own game. If you oppose
them they will shift their ground. They
are perhaps more fool than knave. They
have no real influence except perhaps
with people like themselves – feeblem-
inded.
Why We Will Succeed
The Federation will Succeed
because Black people are tired of humbug,
tired of drifting, tired of oppression,
tired of poverty, tired of thwarted
ambition, tired of being regarded as
half child and half fool throughout the
world, tired of being servants to the
world, tired of being kicked around,
tired of dependence, tired of being
prevented from living a full life, tired
to death of White Supremacy.
The eyes of the black race are
wide open. The Black man stands today
on all the international frontiers
with his back to the wall. In Ethiopia,
the fight goes on. There was the
most brazen attack against the liberty
of Black men, that the world has ever
seen. Ethiopia, attacked by Italy with
the blessing of the Catholic Church
and the active aid of France and Great
Britain. Ethiopia abandoned by the
League of Nations, a body sworn to
defend and protect its members from
agression.
Black Men Have Noted And Are Taking
Action
Persecution of Blacks grows
apace in the West Indies – Barbados,
Trinidad and other parts. British war
ships hovering around to bombard our
people struggling for bread, for the
right to live decently and comfortably.
Black Men Have Noted And Are Taking
Action
The oppression of our people
in the Southern States. The slavery that
still remains unabolished. The restriction
of the liberties of our people in the
Northern States. In industry and business
and in all other human activities.
Our people in their own
home, Africa, are as badly off as Jews
in Austria, strangers and slaves in the
land of their ancestors, dying from
under nourishment, digging godl to
enrich the white world at 40 cents per
day; forbidden to learn trades; ahunted
off to reservations – lands, which an
African recently told us, they do not
control.
Black Men Have Noted And Are Taking
Action Close Ranks
Ethiopia, the West indies,
other parts of Africa, the United States,
universal persecution of Black men.
These things have made Black men
wide-eyed. The Federation is taking action.
Black men! Forget your differences.
Black men! Awake from you sleep;
citizens of the Universal black Commonwealth,
which of the countries
in which you live gives you a square
deal? The Black man’s destiny is in his
own hands. He has seen and therefore,
success of the Federation is inevitable.
Onward March.
Haile Selassie; The Lion Of Judah on
African Unity
2. African countries should establish
progressive targets for reducing tariffs
- and other trade barriers among
themselves.
3. Our Ministers charged with the
responsibility of economic planning
should hold regular consultations
so as to harmonise our development
policies and plans and to open up
potential avenues for the expansion of
intra-African trade.
Through regular consultations,
we should undertake to
identify the need for and to establish
industries which may cater to our
common needs.
This is important, because
the scale on which modern industries
can become viable today necessitates
that we should create in Africa wide
economic bases to support a balanced
economic state.
May 25, 1963
(“Selected Speeches”, p241)

Inportant Dates
Inspiration

Well-Being
African Yoga on the Nile!
Hotep Kull
I trust you are all well. Egypt was incredible. Traveling via
the Nile is the best way to see Kemet.
I walked the desert, climbed and meditated on a mountain,
swam in the Nile - regularly cycled through Luxor, stood
still in awe in the temples of our anciet ancestors, read the
sacred writings, slept under the open sky and watched
shooting stars, played drums, sang and danced with the
Nubians, taught yoga (Afrikan style) at the first appearance
of the sun and as the sun appears to disappear over the
Dahabiah on the river. I felt their presence and I received a
download.
We must return to........ The source
The Journey continues
Our next Journey is in October
Pablo M Imani
Afrikan Yoga “Reconnect to the source”
www.afrikanyoga.com
www.myspace.com/afrikanyoga
+44 (0)7972715170
For further information www.yoganile.com
SMAI NTR ANKH
Union Nature Life

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Levi Livity
Moa Anbessa Tours
Ethiopian Tourism Consultancy
African & Caribbean ARTS & CRAFTS, Cultural products
Provides quality all-inclusive or bespoke travel service,
information and advice for Ethiopia.....
Ethiopia, a land of diversity........
Rock-hewn churches, ancient monasteries, rivers,
lakes, hot springs, unique festivals, vibrant life and
natural sites......prepared to be amazed!
Ras DloLevi
Tel +44 (0)7808 644575/ (0) 7534859134
+251 (0) 912037994
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Facts About Ethiopia
Ethiopia - Country Facts
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Time GMT: +3
Population: 78 Million
Borders: Kenya, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somaliland
Tel Country Code: +251
Capital: Addis Ababa
Cities of Interest: Bahir Dar, Gondor, Harar, Axum, Lalibela, Awasa
Visitors Visa: US$20 at Airport
Languages: Amharic, Tigrina, Oromo
Area: 1,104,300 sq km
Money: Birr - US$1 = Birr 8.8
Internet Users: 291,000 (2007)
Telephones - 880,100 (landlines) and 1,208,000 (mobile/cellular)

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Hand Made
Original Quilts
Just in time for winter!!
Also Afghans, Crowns &
Crochet items
Details available on
myspacemothersoftheuniverse.com
Delivery time depends on size, quantity,
colour and specifics
mamatradition2007@yahoo.com
Tel: 1-323-712-1201
Shipping, moving and
furniture selling
Contact
Lloyd Veitch (Local No. 27)
Tel: 1-347-449-7111
S u p p o r t a n E l d e r
2 hour DVD
About Ras Rudolph Rodney a Pioneer
residing on Land Grant in
Shashamane
Available for £5.00 from
Ras Seymour Mclean
Office of the Chaplain,
Local No. 3, London
seymour_rastafari@yahoo.co.uk
Local 14 - Shashamane
Postcard Fund-raising
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Contact Ras Dawit Hunter
for further information on this initiative
rasdawith@yahoo.com
The Ethiopian World Federation Inc
supports economic development in the
African community!
“Other races spend 95% of
their income within
their own community, the
African community spends
95% of its income in other
communities”
Dr Chika Onyeani
author of Capitalist Nigger
Use the Marketplace to advertise goods and
services produced and supplied by the
African community.
info@theethiopianworldfederationinc.com

Advertise on the Ethiopian World Federation Inc
Website
or Voice of Ethiopia (Circulation 1,200)
Standard Ad Banners
125 x 125 pixel
3 Months = $150
6 Months = $275
12 Months = $500
Tel: 1-347 427 8432
email: voiceofethiopia@googlemail.com
www.theethiopianworldfederationinc.com
Backyard Farming
How satisfying to grow your own food!
Starting April 2008
Contact
Lloyd Veitch (Local No. 27)
Tel: 1-347-449-7111
Dragon Tiger
5 Ella Mews
Cressy Road
Hampstead
London NW3 2NH
Tel/Fax 0044(0)208 459 5811
Mobile 0044(0)7930 490 598
Email info@dragontiger.co.uk
Website www.dragontiger.co.uk/chfd
www.iichi.co.uk
To place Ad Banner:
Marketplace
1. Select time of duration
2. Make a payment online at
www.theethiopianworldfederationinc.
com
3. Send ad to info@theethiopianworldfederationinc.com
4. Check for the email confirmation
5. Alternatively let the EWF Inc design

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F r o m T h e P u b l i s h e r s o f R a s t a f a r i L i v i t y B o o k
Negusa Negast Local 3 Enterprise is a retail shop specialising in original goods from Ethiopia
and Africa including garments, shamas natalas, T-shirts and hats for men, women and children
(specialising in Rastafari garments). The shop also stocks books, magazines, posters, DVDs,
videos, badges, pendants, artefacts, drums and flags (original Lion of Judah).

International
Executive Council
International President Barrymore
Tittle (Local No. 27)
International First Vice President
Emma Young (Local No. 27)
International Second Vice President
Trevor Clarke (Local No. 111)
International Treasurer
Joan Henry Whyte (Local No. 27)
Executive Secretary
Pauline Anderson (Local No. 3)
International Organiser
Lloyd Robinson (Local No. 111)
International Chaplain
Raymond Topping (Local No. 17)
Executive Members
Ivory Black (Local No. 27)
Owen Duckett (Local No. 27)
Patricia Nelson (Local No. 13)
USA
Headquarters
Ethiopian World Federation Incorporated
Mailing Address
552 Atlantic Avenue
PBM 255
Brooklyn
NY 11217
USA
Registered Address
3603 Boston Road
Bronx
New York 10466
email address
internationalheadquarters_ewf@yahoo.
com, ewf
Telephone 1 (347) 427 8432
King Alpha &Queen Omega
Local No 25
5766 ½ Clemson Street
Los Angles
CA 90016
T: 1-323-938-1659
Empress Menen, Local No 13
P.O. Box 320611
Hartford
Connecticut. 06123-0611
Emperor Yekuno Amlak Local No 16
P.O. Box 631
Seattle,
WA 98111-0631
T: 1-206-633-3470
E: amlak@earthlink.net
W: http://home.earthlink.net/~amlak/
Melchizedek Local No 2
422 East 41st Street
Los Angeles
CA 90011
T: 1-323-758-2104
E: ewfmelchart2@yahoo.com
E: ewfla@comcast.net
E: ewfla@ewfla.org
Gabre Selassie, Local No 27
3603 Boston Rd
Bronx
NY 10466
T: 1-718-798-3962
Fax: 718-513-0631
Mahel Safari Local No 49
P.O. Box 266
Orrville
Alabama 36767
T: 1-757 256 3297
UK
Negusa Negast Local No.3
P.O. Box 672
Kennington
London
SE11 4AA
T: +44 (0)20-3177 3031
Local No 111
P.O Box 266
Eastern District
Birmingham
B9 5SH
T: +44 (0)586-070-4637
F: +44 (0)121-753-0715
Europe
Melaku E Bayen Local No 8
4 Rue Henri Duvernois
75020 Paris
France
T. +33 (0)624-295465
E: mgcolas@yahoo.fr
Caribbean
Contacts
The Ethiopian World Federation Local 5
Incorporated
Ras Makonnen
P.O. Box 3243 Christensted
St. Croix
Virgin Islands 00822
T: 340-713-9017
The Ethiopian World Federation
Incorporated
Local No 7
Bat Rondonia Appt n’ 7
Vert pre-97231
Martinique
FWI
T: +596-65-96-25
Mobile +696-73-40-11
T: 340-713-9017
The Ethiopian World Federation Inc
Local No. 17
Rastafari & Andahnet Centre
Windsor Road
St Ann’s Bay
Jamaica
E: ewfcharter17@gmail.com