"In 1930 Evelyn Waugh went to Abyssinia as a special correspondent for The Times to cover the coronation of the Emperor Ras Tafari -- Haile Selassie I, King of the Kings of Ethiopia. This is Waugh's fascinating account, not just of Ethiopia and the coronation, but of his subsequent travels in Aden, Kenya, Zanzibar, the Belgian Congo, and South Africa"--Back cover.