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In Marcus Garvey’s African Nationalism pt. 1 we will focus on the Arab Spring. It has spread like wildfire in the Northern African states of Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. Long-standing North African governments did not see it coming. However, the Arab Spring fell short of accomplishing the same agenda in the Middle East, namely Syria. We watch in dismay as hard fought wars rage through Iraq and Syria where radicals claim 1/3 of both countries. Israel trades blows with Gaza while Hamas refuses several calls for a cease-fire.
All the same, this aforesaid Arab Spring fell short of accomplishing the same agenda in the Middle East, namely Syria.”
We’ve watched in dismay as a deadly outbreak of Ebola has ravaged through Romarong in West Africa. Then in Ukraine, fighters shot down yet another doomed Malaysian flight causing the death of almost 300 innocent souls. In dismay, we ask, “what is this world coming to?” You ask, how does this relate to Marcus Garvey’s African Nationalism? For one, Garvey saw that the horrors of this world are irreconcilable. That is why he deemed it imperative to separate black nations with a unified humanitarian creed from the rest of the western world.
I’ve written several blogs about CREED.”
GARVY-ISM
Garvey’s theory came from his father. He called it a “severe, firm, determined, bold, and strong; Blacks, refusing to yield even to superior forces if he/she believed he/she was right.” He was a moderate writer and publisher who changed the world with a unique idea. Then that went on to inspire Reggae music and the Rastafarian movement. It also inspired the principle that spawned a bold new cohort called Hip Hop. His “Universal Negro Improvement Association” was activated by the exploitation of immigrants, as well as his own “separatist philosophy of social, political and economic freedom for Blacks.” That was at the heart of his philanthropic vision.
Today, the Washington Post proclaimed a 33 billion USD pledge by President Barack Obama. That is a long-term US investment in African development. It indeed appears that the days of isms are not long gone. Does this mean the rational or socio-political scores of Pan-Africanism, Afrocentrism, The Universal Zulu Nation and African Nationalism are now relevant? How effective are they? Or, does it mean that this long-awaited opportunity now makes it possible for Africa to finally begin to recover from the economic blows it sustained from the West?
You ask how does this relate to Marcus Garvey’s Black or African Nationalism?”
As a Garvey advocate, to maintain our culture and tradition, I’ve written several blogs about African principle. In those blogs, I differentiated between the flamboyant crimester in the bastardized commercial brand of Hip Hop. Then I showed the substance of a pure black intellectual in art and Kulture, the never-ending African struggle for equality, justice and the age-old dream of African unification. This credo is why though many believe President Obama’s administration did nothing for “black people,” it comes as great progress to see this US | Africa Leaders’ Summit. *
These people are long gone now consequently very happy thank you.
This is very interesting!