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Illuminating the global impact of Marcus Garvey''s Black nationalist philosophy



Arguingthat the accomplishments of Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey and his followers have been marginalized in narratives of the Black freedom struggle, this volume builds on decades of overlooked research to revealthe profound impact of Garvey’s post–World War I Black nationalist philosophy around the globe and across the twentieth century.    



Theseessays point to the breadth of Garveyism’s spread and its reception in communities across the African diaspora, examining the influence of Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Africa, Australia, North America, and the Caribbean. They highlight the underrecognized work of many Garveyite women and show how the UNIA played a key role in shaping labor unions, political organizations, churches, and schools. In addition, contributors describe the importanceof grassroots efforts for expanding the global movement—the UNIA trained leaders to organize local centers of power, whose political activism outside the movement helped Garvey’s message escape its organizational bounds during the 1920s. They trace the imprint of the movement on long-term developments such as decolonization in Africa and the Caribbean, the pan-Aboriginal fight for land rights in Australia, the civil rights and Black Power movements in the United States, and theradical pan-African movement.  



Rejecting the idea that Garveyism was a brief and misguided phenomenon, this volume exposes its scope, significance, and endurance. Together, contributors assert that Garvey initiated the most important mass movement in the history of the African diaspora, and they urge readers to rethink the emergence of modern Black politics with Garveyism at the center.  





Contributors: RonaldJ. Stephens | Adam Ewing | Keisha N. Blain | Nicole Bourbonnais | José Andrés Fernández Montes de Oca | John Maynard | Erik S. McDuffie | Frances Peace Sullivan | Robert Trent Vinson | Michael O. West

Collected for the first time, thefoundational contributions of a scholar and activist who shaped the study ofGarveyism and pan-Africanism

Thisvolume brings together Robert A. Hill’s most important writings for the firsttime, highlighting his intellectual contributions to the history ofpan-Africanism. A pioneering scholar and activist, a groundbreakingbuilder of pan-African archives, and the editor of the multivolume MarcusGarvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Hill remains underacknowledgedfor his influence on the field. This collection is a long-overdue testament tohis legacy.

AdamEwing showcases Hill’s groundbreaking writings on Garveyism, the pan-African,anticolonial movement that spread across the globe following World War I. Hill’sessays trace Marcus Garvey’s evolving thought and illuminate the resonance ofthe movement in the Caribbean and its diaspora, in the United States, andacross sub-Saharan Africa. The volume also includes Hill’s writings on diverse aspectsof pan-Africanism, including the impostor figure in diaspora history, CyrilBriggs’s African Blood Brotherhood, the Rastafarian movement, the fiction of GeorgeSchuyler, George Beckford and the Abeng collective in Jamaica, the theories ofWalter Rodney, the life and thought of C.L.R. James, and the music of BobMarley.

Thisvolume not only demonstrates Hill’s intellectual praxis and its roots in his academic influences and personal experiences but also revealsthe breadth, diversity, complexity, and centrality of the pan-African traditionin African diasporic politics and thought.

Publicationof this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the AmericanRescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Collected for the first time, the foundational contributionsof a scholar and activist who shaped the study of Garveyism and pan-Africanism

This volume brings together Robert A. Hill’s most importantwritings for the first time, highlighting his intellectual contributions to thehistory of pan-Africanism. A pioneering scholar and activist, a groundbreakingbuilder of pan-African archives, and the editor of the multivolume MarcusGarvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Hill remainsunderacknowledged for his influence on the field. This collection is along-overdue testament to his legacy.

Adam Ewing showcases Hill’s groundbreaking writings onGarveyism, the pan-African, anticolonial movement that spread across the globefollowing World War I. Hill’s essays trace Marcus Garvey’s evolving thought andilluminate the resonance of the movement in the Caribbean and its diaspora, inthe United States, and across sub-Saharan Africa. The volume also includesHill’s writings on diverse aspects of pan-Africanism, including the impostorfigure in diaspora history, Cyril Briggs’s African Blood Brotherhood, theRastafarian movement, the fiction of George Schuyler, George Beckford and theAbeng collective in Jamaica, the theories of Walter Rodney, the life andthought of C.L.R. James, and the music of Bob Marley.

This volume not only demonstrates Hill’s intellectual praxisand its roots in his academic influences and personal experiences but alsoreveals the breadth, diversity, complexity, and centrality of the pan-Africantradition in African diasporic politics and thought.

Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining theHumanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowmentfor the Humanities.

Illuminating the global impact of Marcus Garvey''s Black nationalist philosophy



Arguingthat the accomplishments of Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey and his followers have been marginalized in narratives of the Black freedom struggle, this volume builds on decades of overlooked research to revealthe profound impact of Garvey’s post–World War I Black nationalist philosophy around the globe and across the twentieth century.    



Theseessays point to the breadth of Garveyism’s spread and its reception in communities across the African diaspora, examining the influence of Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Africa, Australia, North America, and the Caribbean. They highlight the underrecognized work of many Garveyite women and show how the UNIA played a key role in shaping labor unions, political organizations, churches, and schools. In addition, contributors describe the importanceof grassroots efforts for expanding the global movement—the UNIA trained leaders to organize local centers of power, whose political activism outside the movement helped Garvey’s message escape its organizational bounds during the 1920s. They trace the imprint of the movement on long-term developments such as decolonization in Africa and the Caribbean, the pan-Aboriginal fight for land rights in Australia, the civil rights and Black Power movements in the United States, and theradical pan-African movement.  



Rejecting the idea that Garveyism was a brief and misguided phenomenon, this volume exposes its scope, significance, and endurance. Together, contributors assert that Garvey initiated the most important mass movement in the history of the African diaspora, and they urge readers to rethink the emergence of modern Black politics with Garveyism at the center.  





Contributors: RonaldJ. Stephens | Adam Ewing | Keisha N. Blain | Nicole Bourbonnais | José Andrés Fernández Montes de Oca | John Maynard | Erik S. McDuffie | Frances Peace Sullivan | Robert Trent Vinson | Michael O. West