anti/post colonialism

• Key text


  The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (1986)
• Black Pride


  • Black people should be proud of their heritage, culture, norms rather than replacing them with white cultures
  • A form of black nationalism
• Pan Africanism


  • All black people around the world should be united as part of one common people
• Marcus Garvey: '"up you mighty race accomplish what you will"'
• Beliefs


  • Self-determination
  • Inclusivity and civic nationalism
  • Liberal democracy
• GARVEYISM


  1. Believed that a collected Africa could throw off colonial rule

  2. Wanted the unification of Africa
• He believes that the state is separating western African people to the central African ones
• He founded THE UNIVERSAL NEGRO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION to try and counter the undereducated black people
• He focuses on the western black people and was influenced by people like Malcolm X and Rastafarians