African Royalties

A happy belated birthday to Her Imperial Highness Princess Edna Makonnen of the former Imperial House of Ethiopia.

Her Imperial Highness was born on January 5th, to His Imperial Highness Prince Fileppos Tafari Makonnen and  H.I.H. Princess Aster Abitow Makonnen. She has two siblings Their Imperial Highnesses Prince Dawit(David) Tafari Makonnen and Prince Isayas (Isaiah) Tafari Makonnen

Through her father's lineage who was the son of Prince Makonnen Haile Selassie, Duke of Harar, she is the great granddaughter of Their Imperial Majesties Emperor Haile Selassie I and Empress Menen.

Her Imperial Highness graduated with a Bachelor of Science- Public Health from Indiana Univ, Bloomington, Indiana, USA and a Master of Science - Human Resources Management and Science from Indiana Wesleyan University. She currently works for the White House as a senior staff.

In July 2019, she got engaged to Jamal Robinson

A happy birthday to Her Imperial Highness Princess Arianna Austin Makonnen of the former Imperial House of Ethiopia.

Her Imperial Highness was born on January 6th to Bobby William Austin and Joy Ford. She is of African-American and Guyanese descent.

She got engaged to His Imperial Highness Prince Yoel Dawit Makonnen, great grandson of the His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, the last Emperor of Ethiopia and current fifth in line to the Solomonic Dynasty in 2014 after meeting him at Pearl Nightclub in 2005. The couple got married on September 9th 2017 in a Ethiopian Orthodox ceremony at Debre Genet Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church in Temple Hills, Maryland.



Their Imperial Highnesses are very involved in the arts, educational, cultural experiences of the Africa diaspora and Ethiopian community as they are founders of Old World/New World Productions, a media company that produces documentaries, feature films, and television shows focused on Africa and the African diaspora.

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An Organized Community = A Successful Community! Proud to support the EACC as Legal Advisor to the Board. EACC’s goal is to support and grow the Ethiopian business community in the US. Bravo 👏🏽 @ethiopian_acc #eacc #eaccAnnualGala #ethiopia #ethiopianbusiness

A post shared by HIH Prince Joel David Makonnen (@princeyoel) on Oct 31, 2019 at 4:30pm PDT

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Meridian Nights — good times, always #meridianball #meridianball2019 @meridianintl

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Her Imperial Highness Princess Ariana Makonnen of the Royal House of Ethiopia was one of 4 speakers at the Women's Leadership & Business Conference hosted by We Lead Carribean at Arthur Chung Conference Centre Railway Embankment Road, Georgetown, Guyana in Guyana. The event was held from September 18th-19th

Her Imperial Highness who was accompanied by her husband His Imperial Highness Prince Yoel Makonnen co-founded and is CCO of Old World / New World Productions as well as Art All Night DC is a free, all-night exploration and celebration of contemporary art.