Born 17th Aug 1887 . Saint Ann's Bay . Jamaica!
The most Hon Marcus Mosiah Garvey; numbered amongst the three wise men. It was from these three Great patriarchs that the
Rastafari levity were establish. Remember some of the great eminences of the Rastafari levity ; anicents like Ras Boanerges,
parents were Garveyites!
Long Live the honourable Marcus Mosiah Garvey!
Hon Marcus Mosiah Garvey has Spoken;
" When I am dead, wrap the mantle of the Red, the Black and the Green around me for in a New Life I shall RISE UP with God’s
grace and blessings to lead the millions to the heights of triumph, that you well know. Look for me in the whirlwind or a storm,
look for me all around you, for with God’s grace I shall come back with countless millions of Black men and women who have died
in America, those who have died in the West Indies and those who have died in Africa to aid You in fight for liberty, freedom and
life. " 1924 .
Source: Nyahbinghi Rastafari ~ FB Post ~ 16 August 2019
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My Thoughts on Marcus Mosiah Garvey
(see related video below)
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey is a great hero to Africans in America (North and South), Caribbean, and around the world. However, due
to his 'limited' perspective, he has some negative remarks attributed to him about Emperor Haile Selassie I. In light of the chronic
mis-information and wide-spread propaganda during the invasion of Ethiopia by Italy's Benito Mussolini in 1936, it does not
surprise me that some may have mis-taken the responsibility of Emperor Haile Selassie I, to resolve the conflict in a manner that
would save Ethiopia and more broadly, Africa.
Ultimately it would take the cooperation of multiple world powers of the League of Nations, established in 1919 after 1st world
war, to protect the sovereign rights of smaller nations. League of Nations was specifically established for the very purpose of
'Collective Security'. Emperor Haile Selassie I knew it was his responsibility, and his alone, to make the case to the League of
Nations. Although the League failed it's duty to come to the aid of Ethiopia, it was Emperor Haile Selassie I's prophetic words
about the lack of support that would ultimately cause the larger nations to yield to his request or be totally overwhelmed by
Fascism and Nazism if Africa, specifically Ethiopia, was annexed by the Italians. Therefore, when the opportunity arose, His
Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I led an equipped British army, Ethiopian Military, Warriors and patriots back into
Ethiopia to turn the tide of the war from the 'Axis' forces to the 'Allied' forces reclaiming the capital city Addis Ababa and his seat
on the Imperial throne of the Solomonic Dynasty on May 5th, 1941. (Pg. 159-166, My Life and Ethiopia's Progress, Volume Two
Addis Ababa 1966 E.C., The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Sellassie I, King of kings and Lord of lords.)
In hind-sight it is understandable how Marcus saw leaving Ethiopia to hold the League of Nations accountable to it's primary
mission, could be mis-interpreted as 'running away', but quoting from Ivan Van Sertima, "you cannot extrapolate from a smaller
people what a larger people are about" and in the same way "you cannot extrapolate from a tactic what a larger comprehensive
strategy is about". In other words, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I fought, on and off the battle field, for Ethiopia's
sovereignty, from colonization and domination. Realizing the vision of a free Ethiopia and Africa, he honored the valiant efforts of
our fallen patriots, women and men, who gave their lives for our Ethiopian Empire and African continent. It is now up to each of
us to hold ourselves, each other, the African Union, and the United Nations accountable for the sovereignty, freedom, and justice
of African peoples in Africa and in the diaspora.
May God grant us success in this effort.
Malchijah...
05/20/2014
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The Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I by Marcus Mosiah Garvey
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" Last Sunday, a great ceremony took place at Addis Abbaba [Ababa], the capital of Abyssinia. It was the coronation of the new
Emperor of Ethiopia - Ras Tafari. From reports and expectations, the scene was one of great splendour, and will long be
remembered by those who were present.
"Several of the leading nations of Europe sent representatives to the coronation, thereby paying their respects to a rising Negro
nation that is destined to play a great part in the fiiture history of the world.
"Abyssinia is the land of the blacks and we are glad to learn that even though Europeans have been trying to impress the
Abyssinians that they are not belonging to the Negro Race, they have returned the retort that they are, and that they are proud to
be so.
"Ras Tafari has travelled to Europe and America and is therefore no stranger to European hypocrisy and methods; he, therefore,
must be regarded as a kind of a modern Emperor, and from what we understand and know of him, he intends to introduce modern
methods and systems into his country. Already he has started to recruit from different sections of the world competent men in
different branches of science to help to develop his country to the position that she should occupy among the other nations of the
world.
"We do hope that Ras Tafari will live long to carry out his wonderful intentions. From what we have heard and what we do know,
he is ready and willing to extend the hand of invitation to any Negro who desires to settle in his kingdom. We know of many who
are gone to Abyssinia and who have given good report of the great possibilities there, which they are striving to take advantage of.
" The Psalmist prophesied that Princes would come out of Egypt and Ethiopia would stretch forth her hands unto God. We have no
doubt that the time is now come. Ethiopia is now really stretching forth her hands. This great kingdom of the East has been hidden
for many centuries, but gradually she is rising to take a leading place in the world and it is for us of the Negro race to assist in
every way to hold up the hand of Emperor Ras Tafari.”
Words of Marcus Garvey printed in the “Blackman” Kingston, November 8th 1930.
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The Negro Stands at the Cross Roads of Human Destiny by Marcus Mosiah Garvey
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The Negro now stands at the cross roads of human destiny. He is at the place where he must either step forward or backward. If
he goes backward he dies; if he goes forward it will be with the hope of a greater life. Those of us who have developed our minds
scientifically are compelled, by duty, to step out among the millions of the unthinking masses and convince them of the
seriousness of the age in which we live. From Adam and Eve We are either on the way to a higher racial existence or racial
extermination. This much is known and realized by every thoughtful race and nation; hence, we have the death struggle of the
different races of Europe and Asia in the scramble of the survival of the fittest race.
WHEN THE COLONISTS OF AMERICA DESIRED POSSESSION OF THE LAND THEY SAW THAT A WEAK ABORIGINAL RACE WAS IN
THEIR WAY. WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY GOT HOLD OF THEM, KILLED THEM, AND BURIED THEM UNDERGROUND. THIS IS A
FAIR INDICATION OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE WEAKER PEOPLES OF THE WORLD IN ANOTHER TWO OR THREE HUNDRED
YEARS WHEN THE STRONGER RACES WILL HAVE DEVELOPED THEMSELVES TO THE POSITION OF COMPLETE MASTERY OF ALL
THINGS MATERIAL. THEY WILL NOT THEN AS THEY HAVE NOT IN THE PAST, ALLOW A WEAK AND DEFENSELESS RACE TO
STAND IN THEIR WAY, ESPECIALLY IF IN THEIR DOING SO THEY WILL ENDANGER THEIR HAPPINESS, THEIR COMFORT AND
THEIR PLEASURES.
These are the things that strike the thoughtful Negro as being dangerous, and these are the things that cause us who make up the
Universal Negro Improvement Association to be fighting tenacicusly for the purpose of building up a strong Negro race, so as to
make it impossible for us to be exterminated in the future to make room for the stronger races, even as the North American Indian
has been exterminated to make room for the “great” white man on this North American continent. The illiterate and shallow-
minded Negro who can see no farther than his nose is now the greatest stumbling block in the way of the race. He tells us that we
must be satisfied with our condition; that we must not think of building up a nation of our own, that we must not seek to organize
ourselves racially, but that we must depend upon the good feeling of the other fellow for the solution of the problem that now
confronts us.
This is a dangerous policy and it is my duty to warn the four hundred million Negroes of the world against this kind of a leadership
– a leadership that will try to make Negroes believe that all will be well without their taking upon themselves the task of bettering
their condition politically, industrially, educationally and otherwise. The time has come for those of us who have the vision of the
future to inspire our people to a closer kinship, to a closer love of self, because it is only through this appreciation of self will we
be able to rise to that higher life that will make us not an extinct race in the future, but a race of men fit to survive…
Marcus Garvey
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