In 2015, the United Nations (UN) declared a Decade for People of African Descent, (2015-2024) on the triple platforms of Recognition, Justice, and Development. At the time of the declaration, Ban Ki-Moon, then secretary general of the UN, asserted.
TO underscore the importance of changing the negative mindset of many vulnerable young people, especially women and girls, the Amy Jacques Garvey Community Centre will, on Saturday, host a birthda.
Oftentimes , articles and papers relating to Amy Jacques Garvey refer to her as the "private secretary" of Marcus Garvey. In real terms she was an excellent record-keeper, archivist, journalist.
RASTAFARIAN attorney-at-law and Garveyite Miguel Lorne says the recent renaming of the Mountain View-based Jacques Road Community Centre, in honour of late National Hero and Pan-Africanist Marcus .
Amy Jacques Garvey with her husband, Marcus. (Photo courtesy of The Conversation)
Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the historical contributions of Black people in the United States. Too often, however, this history focuses on Black men, sidelining Black women and diminishing their contributions.
This is true in mainstream narratives of Black nationalist movements in the United States. These narratives almost always highlight the experiences of a handful of Black nationalist men, including Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan.
Contrary to popular conceptions, women were also instrumental to the spread and articulation of black nationalism the political view that people of African descent constitute a separate group on the basis of their distinct culture, shared history and experiences.