Marcus Garvey was one of the greatest Black leaders of the twentieth century. His story is that of a man who launched an idea on the tide and created a flood in the worldwide development of Black political consciousness. He was a man of extraordinary intellectual and organisational abilities who brought millions of peoples from the African diaspora together in an attempt at self-liberation.
As the leader of America’s first mass political movement of Black people, Garvey’s achievements were both enormous in their scale and long lasting in their effects. His ideas spread to Europe, Africa and the Caribbean – to every place where Black people lived under the imperialist system of white rule; and they too responded in their thousands to his call for a “universal confraternity of the race”. In spite of harassment and eventual imprisonment, Garvey was able to instil a sense of pride, discipline and resolve in his followers. Although he did not live to see the independence of Africa and the Caribbean, the efforts made during his lifetime were a major contribution to such independence.
There are few figures of the twentieth century who can be said to have envisaged so much, completed so little, and inspired so many as Marcus Garvey. Today, he is rightly honoured as a Jamaican National Hero, but his significance is felt worldwide.
Liz Mackie est l'auteure du livre "The Great Marcus Garvey", qui explore en profondeur la vie et l'œuvre de Marcus Garvey, l'un des leaders noirs les plus significatifs du XXe siècle.
Dans son ouvrage, Mackie met en lumière comment Garvey fut un homme aux capacités intellectuelles et organisationnelles exceptionnelles. Elle démontre comment il a réussi à rassembler des millions de personnes de la diaspora africaine dans une tentative d'auto-libération.
Bien que les détails biographiques spécifiques sur Liz Mackie, au-delà de son activité d'auteure, ne soient pas toujours faciles à trouver, on sait qu'elle a également écrit d'autres œuvres, notamment des romans tels que "Lament: A Soviet Woman and Her True Story" et la série "Famepunk". Cela suggère une activité littéraire polyvalente.
"The Great Marcus Garvey" est une biographie éclairante qui souligne l'influence durable de Garvey à travers l'Afrique et la diaspora, et met en lumière son attrait pour les générations suivantes.
