Marcus Garvey is historically linked to the "Back to Africa"
movement that encouraged the repatriation of slave descendants, and
black solidarity within a unified Africa.
Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was born in Jamaica and travelled
widely examining the status of blacks in Europe and America. He
decided that they could only achieve parity with whites by uniting
under their African heritage. He was a major leader in the
Pan-African Movement, and also supported the continued colonization
of Liberia in Africa. His movement of "African Redemption" became
known as Garveyism, and was one basis for the Rastafari religious
movement, where he is revered as a prophet.