Ethiopian World Federation

A Not-for-Profit 501(c)4 membership organization incorporated in New York 1937 by Dr. Malaku Bayen under the auspices of the Emperor of Ethiopia, His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie I, to organize the black family in the diaspora to provide protection, aid and support for each other and the worldwide black family, to maintain the integrity and independence of Ethiopia, the divine heritage

of the Black peoples of the world, and to promote the development of Africa for present and future generations. In gratitude for the support Ethiopia received from the African population in the West during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia by Italy under Mussolini (1935-1941), the Emperor later on (1955) granted 500 acres of land in Shashemanne, Ethiopia for each black (Ethiopian) - allowing five (5) Gashas of land for each family in the diaspora desiring to return to the motherland. In 1970, His Imperial Majesty personally appointed Ras Marcus Selassie (Solomon Wolfe), a Director of the Ethiopian World Federation’s Local Charter #43 in Jamaica, as Administrator of the land in Sashamanne, Ethiopia, called “the Land Grant.” In addition, other African governments granted land to the family in the diaspora through the organization, including land in Ghana. In providing for a better standard of living for its members in the diaspora and in the motherland as well. One of the unique responsibilities of the EWF, Inc. is the repatriation of the black family to Africa. The organization has to prepare and develop the infrastructure so that repatriating families have access to proper services, resources and opportunities to help in their relocation, resettlement and progress. It therefore needs to lobby international organizations,agencies and governments for their support in providing assistance to return those who were taken away from their homeland as slaves.