Garveyism is an aspect of Black Nationalism which takes its source from the works, words and deeds of UNIA-ACL founder Marcus Garvey. Black nationalism (BN advocates a racial definition (or redefinition of black national identity as opposed to Multiculturalism. The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA is an international self-help organization founded by Marcus Garvey. Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr, National Hero of Jamaica (17 August 1887 10 June 1940 was a Publisher, Journalist, Entrepreneur, Black nationalist The fundamental focus of Garveyism is the complete, total and never ending redemption of the continent of Africa by people of African ancestry, at home and abroad. A continent is one of several large Landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by Convention rather than any strict criteria with seven regions It is rooted in one basic idea: "whatsoever things common to man that man has done, man can do". Therefore, Africa can become as glorious and profoundly advanced in the scientific and technological realm as any, when Africans will it to be.
The tenets of Garveyism are 1) race first 2) self-reliance and 3) nationhood. The ultimate goal of Garveyism is a United States of Africa which will protect the interests of Black people worldwide. The United States of Africa is a name sometimes given to one version of the possible future unification of Africa as a national and sovereign Federation of states
Garveyism and African Methodism were very similar in their own ways. The main goals of both movements were to empower Africana individuals through attaining a sense of self-worth, as well as the unification of the Africana diaspora worldwide. When Garveyism started to die down in America, it continued to be a major tool of maintaining African interest in black America. The movement started in ports, especially in Cape Town, and by the end of the year, a Garveyite newspaper, The Black Man started to surface. Cape Town (Kaapstad Xhosa: Ikapa) is the second most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the The newspaper written by Garvey, The Negro World surfaced on the Witwatersrand, and word of mouth helped spread Garveyism and also the notion that black fleets and armies were coming. The Witwatersrand is a low sedimentary range of hills at an elevation of 1700-1800 metres above sea-level which runs in an east-west direction through Gauteng in To Africans, Garveyism brought a vision of liberation and an outlet for African's disillusion with existing authorities (Colonial officials, European missionaries, chiefs, etc. )
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