| The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. X: Africa for the Africans, 1923-1945 Volume 10 Contributor(s): Garvey, Marcus (Author), Hill, Robert Abraham (Editor), Ball, Tevvy (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0520247329 ISBN-13: 9780520247321 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $99.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: "Africa for the Africans" was the name given to the extraordinary movement led by Jamaican Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940). Volumes I-VII of the "Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers "chronicled the Garvey movement that flourished in the United States during the 1920s. Now, the long-awaited African volumes of this edition demonstrate clearly the central role Africans played in the development of the Garvey phenomenon. The African volumes provide the first authoritative account of how Africans transformed Garveyism into an African social movement. The most extensive collection of documents ever gathered on the early African nationalism of the interwar period, Volume X provides a detailed chronicle of the spread of Garvey's call for African redemption throughout Africa. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Political Science |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Marcus Garvey & Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers: June 1921-Decemeber 1922 |
| Physical Information: 2.8" H x 6.6" W x 9.9" (3.95 lbs) 992 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Africa for the Africans was the name given to the extraordinary movement led by Jamaican Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940). Volumes I-VII of the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers chronicled the Garvey movement that flourished in the United States during the 1920s. Now, the long-awaited African volumes of this edition demonstrate clearly the central role Africans played in the development of the Garvey phenomenon. The African volumes provide the first authoritative account of how Africans transformed Garveyism into an African social movement. The most extensive collection of documents ever gathered on the early African nationalism of the interwar period, Volume X provides a detailed chronicle of the spread of Garvey's call for African redemption throughout Africa. |