“The example set by Empress Menen is captured in the I Majesty’s remarks made on her transition. “Her assistance for the good of the young, the old and the needy requires no testimony for they are greater than thoughts and words.” (H.I.M. Haile Selassie I, 1962). Her loyalty and nationalism were sorely tested during the invasion of Ethiopia by Mussolini in 1935 and this Empress actually gave up her crown in contribution to the war effort, never leaving the side of the Emperor. Such is the sacrifice that may be required so no one should ever seek to diminish the Imperially Majestic African Mama tradition of the Rastafari Woman for there is no speech or language where her voice must not be heard.”
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