Garvey’s Biographical Word - Annual Reiteration

“I was born in the island of Jamaica,…August 17, 1887. My parents were [Afrikan]. My father was a man of brilliant intellect and dashing courage. He was unafraid of consequences. He took human chances in the course of life, as most bold men do…he one had a fortune…

My mother was a sober and conscientious [person of foreign religious doctrine], too soft and too good for the time in which she lived. She was the direct opposite of my father, He was severe, firm, determined, bold and strong, refusing to yield even to superior forces if he believed he was right. My mother, on the other hand, was always willing to return a smile for a blow, and ever ready to bestow charity upon her enemy. Of this strange combination I was born thirty-six years ago, and ushered into a world of sin, the flesh and the devil…

At eighteen I had an excellent position as a manager of a large printing establishment, having under my control, several men old enough to be my grandfathers. But I got mixed up with public life. I started to take an interest in the politics of my country and then I saw the injustice done to my race because it was [Afrikan], and I became dissatisfied on that account.

I went travelling to South and Central America and parts of the [Islands of New Afrika (so-called Caribbean)] to find out if it was so elsewhere, and I found the same situation. I set sail for Europe to find out if it was different there, and again I found the same stumbling-block – ‘You are [Afrikan]’. I read of the conditions in America. I read “Up from Slavery” by Booker T. Washington; and then my doom – if I may so call it – of being a race leader dawned upon me in London after I had travelled through almost half of Europe.

I asked: ‘Where is the [Afrikan’s] government?’ ‘Where is [the Afrikan’s monarchy and] Kingdom?’, ‘Where is [the Afrikan’s] president..country…ambassador…army…navy…[persons] of big affairs?’. I could not find them, and then I declared: ‘I will help to make them’.

Becoming naturally restless for the opportunity of doing something for the advancement of my race. I was determined that the [Afrikan] would not continue to be kicked about by other races and nations of the world, as I saw it in the [islands], South and Central America and Europe, and as I read of it in America.

My young and ambitious mind led me into flights of great imagination. I saw before me then, even as I do now, a new world of [Afrikans], not [so-caled] peons, serfs, dogs and [the enslaved], but a nation of sturdy [Afrikans] making their impress upon civilisation and causing a new light to dawn”

The observance of Musa Msimu takes place during the month of so-called August and is a wonderful time to celebrate the mighty example of Marcus Garvey and the Movement that he created led in order for future generations of Afrikans to have their guide for complete freedom and nationhood. Musa Msimu is a part of the Afrikan Cultural calendar of the Universal Royal Afrikan Nation (URAN).

The Universal Royal Afrikan Nation (URAN) is an Afrikan-centred spiritual and cultural mission for ascendancy that embodies living spiritually and culturally rooted life. To find out more about URAN and its spiritual-cultural mission for liberty and nationhood click here. The exquisite URAN pendant can be obtained online by clicking here.

The important book entitled: From Musa to Afrikan Fundamentalism – The Afrikan Spiritual Essence of Marcus Garvey is available to purchase online here. The book trailer can be accessed by clicking here. Or arrangement can be made to obtain a copy from the institution of Yemanja click here.

In his capacity as an Afrikan-centred spiritual cultural practitioner this author is available for further learning in this regard and also for the carrying out of ceremonies such as naming and name reclamation. For details please click here.

Afrikan World Studies programmes are important forms of study in understanding the Afrikan experience. There are a range of subjects covered on these programmes including History, Creative Production, Psychology and Religion. To find out more about these learning programmes please click here. For the video promo for these learning programmes click here.

At nominal cost, also consider acquisition of an a4 laminate poster of articulations by this author when visiting the Yemanja institution to enrol, consult, learn, gather or otherwise.

Also, visit www.u-ran.org for links to Afrikan liberation Love radio programme on Universal Royal Afrikan Radio online.