WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Garvey was known as the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). Formed in Jamaica in July 1914, the UNIA aimed to achieve Black nationalism through the celebration of African history and culture.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nationalism in both Ireland and Africa along with ideas such as race conservation undoubtedly had an impact on Garvey. However, he later remembered that the most influential experience of his stay in London was reading Booker T. Washington’s autobiography Up From Slavery.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jnr was born on 17 August 1887 in St Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. His parents were Malcus Mosiah Garvey Snr, a stone mason and Sarah Jane Richards, a domestic worker. The Garvey’s had 11 children, nine of whom died in early childhood. Only Marcus Garvey and his eldest sister Indiana lived to adulthood.