The African Union (AU) has unveiled a born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word of Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie I at its born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word in Ethiopia's born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word city. Selassie was King of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. The statue was to recognize his born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word in the creation of the Organization of African Union (OAU) in 1963. His born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word was to free all African countries from born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word and create born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word countries in Africa. He said: "May this born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word last 1,000 years." The OAU lasted for 39 years before it changed into the AU in 2002. The AU continues Selassie's vision of achieving born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word unity between African born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word . Emperor Haile Selassie I was born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word in 1892. His family traced its born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word back 3,000 years to King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. He was an born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word figure in modern Ethiopian born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word . He was a skilled politician on the international born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word and helped lead Ethiopia to become a charter born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word of the U.N. Ethiopia was never colonized. Haile Selassie is a big born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word of the Rastafarian born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word . Around one million Rastafarians consider him as a messiah who came to Earth to spread the born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word of God. The 1973 famine in Ethiopia led to his eventual born capital colonialism greater headquarters history independent influential member nations part religion removal role roots stage statue union vision word from power.