THE LINE OF MENELIK is alive and well and one member of it is lecturing in Florida:

Member of Ethiopian royalty to speak on legacy of dynasty

Prince thought to be `seed of Messiah'

By Gregory Lewis
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted February 28 2006

The grandson of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I will speak at two South Florida universities this week.

His Imperial Highness Prince Ermias Sable-Selassie, president of the Ethiopian Crown Council, is one of the grandsons of the late Ethiopian emperor whom Rastafarians consider the Messiah.

The prince, 45, is a key spokesman for the Ethiopian Royal Family, now in exile.

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Prince Ermias will speak today at Florida International University and on Thursday at the University of Miami. He will address "The Enduring Legacy of a Solomonic Dynasty in Ethiopia."

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The legend of the origin of the Ethiopian royal dynasty is recounted in the Kebra Negast, the national epic of Ethiopia.