Article Biography: An Analysis Of Marcus Garvey's Biography

In the article Marcus Garvey, used this form of writing where he bolded each word he started his new paragraph with, and with each bolded word he would explain what it meant to him in his own words. He first started off the article with the word history; he started off with this word because history is what keeps people from forgetting about the hardships and trials. History tells the facts no matter how much the story gets changed around. Chance, Life, Criticism, Fear, Ambition, these are some of the words he used to go in depth with his point about the Negro race. While writing this article he talks a lot about awakening Africa and the Negros from Africa and restoring both to their former image of superiority and making Africa a mighty nation

Even though most of the article was about man, Garvey did mention women, about how they can make or break any man. But without woman, men cannot live, as Garvey said no real man can live without his woman. Garvey believes like some other philosophers that the bible could solve all problems in the world like some Christians. But he does believe in god and he believes that we were created by god himself, no book should be able to keep us as a human race down. The white man is never going to liberate us black people, it’s up to us to liberate ourselves and make our own world. Negros or Black people have never been a group pf haters, even throughout history we have always been a group of people that loves one another and with that Marcus Garvey believes that makes us a great race. In this article Marcus Garvey establishes that he wants us to liberate ourselves from the white people, he wants us to go back to our motherland and make it great as it once was and bring justice to our ancestors. He ends this article by saying how even though a lot of people himself included might not see the raising and accomplishment of the African empire but our ancestors can pave the way to make the dream possible and for our generation to finally accomplish that

Karenga goes on to talk about the seven principles of the Nguzo Saba, and before I go into what each one is, I wanted to name each of the seven principle. Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity), and Imani (Faith). Unity is the first seven principle because it’s the most important. Without unity there would be no togetherness that would bring people together to help each other through the struggles of life. Karenga goes on to talk about the Egyptian and Dinka tribe, they believed that you cannot live a moral or good life without living harmonious with the people in the community. He talks about how even unity in the household between mother and father is important and detrimental to a child’s growth and being the role models that a child needs. Karenga believes that African Americans need to forget about their organizations and try to unite as one instead of separating themselves from the group. Self-Determination is talking about