The article discusses the 20th century Rastafari elder, Jamaican statesman and artist Mortimo “Kumi” Planno's paintings, including his paintings "Self-Portrait," "Great Motivators" and "Sitting on the Fence." Topics within his paintings, including politics, Africa, Ethiopia, neo-colonialism, pan-Africanism and the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1941, are discussed.