Ayinde Wrote:"..So yes we can respect the symbolic and physical value of Selassie without casually moving the discussion into the illusive symbolic and ethereal domain just to make some feel comfortable."

I think that is what Mutabaruka has been saying for several years now and taking lots of heat for it. Haile Selassie The man is plenty. we dont need to add fantastic stories to him about floating on clouds or defusing a bomb by standing on it or talking many langs or to animals as a small child. He is great on his own without fantastic tales made up around him. a