Ethiopian World Federation

The Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated (EWF)
The Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated
IGO
FoundedAugust 25, 1937 (1937-08-25)
HeadquartersHarlem, New York, U.S.
Location
  • United States of America
Members
8,000,000+
Founder
Emperor Haile Selassie I
Key people
Malaku Bayen (president)
AffiliationsIntergovernmental Organization (IGO)
Websitetheethiopianworldfederation.org

The Ethiopian World Federation, Incorporated (EWF) is an intergovernmental organization that was founded on August 25, 1937 in New York City under the advice of Emperor Haile Selassie I by Dr. Malaku Emanuel Beyen and Princess Dorothy Bayen; Dr. Malaku Bayen was the cousin and personal physician of the Emperor. The aims were to mobilize African American support for the Ethiopians during the Italian invasion of 1935-41,[1] and to embody the unity of Ethiopians (Black people) at home and abroad.[2] Many locals were established in other parts of the World with the intention to provide services to local communities. The EWF was given custodianship over an area of land in Ethiopia named Shashemane for the fearless efforts of African Americans that rendered support to Emperor Haile Selassie I during the Italian invasion by Mussolini. The Headquarter office has always been in close proximity of the United Nations giving the official administrator and governing body access to oversee the growth and management over the housing, education, cultivation, development of the continent, refugee support and the advancement of education, technology and cultural integration.

In the early 1950s, the local branches became insubordinate to the parent organization, increasingly losing focus of its constitutional duties and eventually redacted by The State Attorney's office in 2008. The current administration for the EWF ran a campaign in Africa to appeal to the youth in 2020 which eventually reinstated its non profit status getting the EWF back on track with its constitutional duties. Since then, many African countries have become increasingly identified with the Global African Diaspora movement and the EWF has built good relations securing and supplying global grassroots organizations with the tools and education needed to govern themselves when their leaders fail to protect their basic Human Rights and integrity.

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  2. ^ Giulia Bonacci (2013), "The Ethiopian World Federation. A Pan-African Organisation among the Rastafari in Diaspora", academia.edu