IManje kunamakhulu ambalwa amaJamaica ahlala ezindaweni ezakhelene ne-Shashaméné. Umhlaba ohlukene, indawo engcwele, lapho okungewona amaRasta, ongcolile, omnyama noma omhlophe, angangena ngobunzima kuphela. Asikwazi ukusula amakhulu amathathu eminyaka yomlando wamakholoni. Ngemuva kokutholwa kweCaribbean neMelika nguChristopher Columbus, abesilisa nabesifazane abayizigidi eziyi-15 badabulwa ezwenikazi lase-Afrika. Ngo-1930, uRastafari Makonnen, inzalo ka-225 yeNkosi uSolomoni kanye neNdlovukazi yaseSheba, ngokusho kwenganekwane, wabekwa umqhele wokuba yi-Emperor of Ethiopia ngaphansi kwegama likaHailé Selassie, inkosi yamakhosi. Ngo-1935, amabutho kaMussolini ase-Italy ahlasela i-Ethiopia. Kuxoshwa ukumelana kwangaphakathi, ngosizo lwe-Rastas, i-Emperor ibuyisa isihlalo sayo sobukhosi. Ukuze ababonge, uqeda ubugqila futhi ubanikeza amahektha angama-500 ezwe lakhe, eningizimu yeTopiya, eShakashaméné.