Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- I THE CHANGING COMMONWEALTH
- II DEMOCRACY
- III THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE MAKING OF THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA
- IV SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- V DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA
- VI NIGERIA IN TRANSITION
- VII PEACE AND SECURITY IN A PLURALISTIC WORLD
- VIII TOWARDS A COMMON HUMANITY
- NOTES TO THE TEXT
- ANNEXES I Basic Data on Commonwealth Member Countries
- ANNEXES II Map of the Commonwealth
- ANNEXES III Commonwealth Membership of Regional Organisations
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- INDEX
VIII - TOWARDS A COMMON HUMANITY
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- I THE CHANGING COMMONWEALTH
- II DEMOCRACY
- III THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE MAKING OF THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA
- IV SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- V DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA
- VI NIGERIA IN TRANSITION
- VII PEACE AND SECURITY IN A PLURALISTIC WORLD
- VIII TOWARDS A COMMON HUMANITY
- NOTES TO THE TEXT
- ANNEXES I Basic Data on Commonwealth Member Countries
- ANNEXES II Map of the Commonwealth
- ANNEXES III Commonwealth Membership of Regional Organisations
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- INDEX
Summary
Legacy and Challenge of Marcus Garvey for the Commonwealth
Kingston, Jamaica
May 1989
Speaking at the launch of a new book on the life and work of Marcus Garvey by two Caribbean scholars, Rupert Lewis and Patrick Bryan, Garvey: His Work and Impact, he considers Garvey's contribution to the development of a new political agenda at the turn of the 20th century …
The publication of this book provides an occasion for reflection and taking stock of Marcus Garvey's monumental contribution to developing a new political agenda for the twentieth century: the agenda of decolonisation, of enfranchisement and independence, of economic development of the Third World and the restructuring of global relationships on a more equitable basis, and above all, of the place of Africa and the African Diaspora within the concept of a common humanity. In joining to pay tribute to this great son of the African Diaspora and of the Third World, I would like to speak also about his legacy and challenge to the Commonwealth.
Marcus Garvey was a son of Jamaica, a nation that has played a vital role in the chronicle of decolonisation and struggle for independence. Jamaica has been a fertile crucible of Third World leadership and in the efforts of the Third World to build a more equitable global society. In the person of Marcus Garvey, Jamaica gave the world a visionary, a philosopher, a political activist and a liberator of world rank, whose ideas have profoundly influenced the Third World and the development of an interdependent global society.
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- The Missing HeadlinesSelected Speeches, pp. 427 - 498Publisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 1997