LITERATURE QUESTIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Because in was cheaper to live in Africa.
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Because he did not feel African Americans would ever achieve equality in America.
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He was asked by African countries to bring African Americans to Africa.
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He had to leave the country.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Garvey’s goal was to create a separate economy and society run for and by African Americans. Ultimately, Garvey argued, all black people in the world should return to their homeland in Africa, which should be free of white colonial rule.
Detailed explanation-2: -The back-to-Africa movement was based on the widespread belief among some European Americans in the 18th and 19th century United States that African Americans would want to return to the continent of Africa. In general, the political movement was an overwhelming failure; very few former slaves wanted to move to Africa.
Detailed explanation-3: -Garvey laid forth a vision for a new world-a world where all people of African origin, on every continent, were united, self-sufficient and proud. It was the manifestation of an idea known as Pan-Africanism. Garvey began developing this broad sense of the world at an early age.
Detailed explanation-4: -The desire to promote respect for the culture, talent, and humanity of African Americans (and those of African descent from other countries such as Jamaica) motivated Marcus Garvey to form his philosophy.