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The Emperor Ethiopia possesses a legendary past where powerful emperors ruled as supreme autocrats, and (through relentless struggle) successfully fought the efforts of Europeans to colonize their lands. Indeed Haile Selassie, a very slight man in stature and ‘Living God’ of Ethiopia, truly exemplified the royal mold of rulers of the past in the ancient empire (Kapuscinski 6). He was so loved that believers in his cult of character founded a religion upon his life. Rastafarians, which was Selassie’s former name (Ras Tafari), believe that he was God’s prophet and that Ethiopia is their kingdom on Earth. Its belief in a singular deity mimicked Ethiopia’s own experiences with government, which was a one-ruler system. Yet, there were and are still many critics who do not share the Rastafarians’ grandiose view of Selassie. In fact, Selassie and his regime robbed and despoiled Ethiopia of its meager wealth in which he was no transmissometer from the gods nor qualified as a fervid ruler to progress his poor country. Ryszard Kapuscinski uniquely authors The Emperor through the perspectives of nobles’, dignitaries’, and servants’ views and what their thoughts and perceptions were of Selassie’s nefarious reign