« MOSA MARCUS GARVEY » WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PANAFRICANISTS,SOCIAL REFORMER AND OUTSTANDING WRITERS WHO PUBLIHED SOME RELEVANT BOOKS IN THE LATE (19030s)!IN THE SAME TREND, HIS BOOKS HAD A BIG INFLUENCE ON POST INDEPENDENCE AFRICAN ACTIVISTS AND LEADERS SUCH AS: »OSAGIEFO KWAME NKRUMA », « JOMO KENYATTA » AND « HAILE SELASSIE »!IN (1930-1935), HE POINTED OUT IN HIS OWN WORDS THE FACT THAT THE MAN WHO IS NOT ABLE TO DEVELOP AND USE HIS MIND IS BOUND TO BE THE SLAVE OF THE OTHER MAN WHO USES HIS MIND!IN CONSEQUENCE,BE ON THE STAND BY TO USE YOUR BRAIN AND DO NOT BE A PUPET OR REMOTE CONTROL OF SOMEONE ELSE!DOWN THE LINE,ONE OF HIS GREATEST DECLARATION WAS THE FOLLOWING:(« A PEOPLE WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR PAST HISTORY, ORIGIN AND CULTURE IS LIKE A TREE WITHOUT ROOTS »)!A RELEVANT SENSE OF HISTORY AND TEACHING FOR AFRICANS AND THOSE HAVE BEEN LIVING ABROAD !AS A RESULT, GET YOUR HISTORY AND CULTURE BECAUSE IN AN ABUNDANCE OF WATER THE FOOL CAN BE THIRSTY:FURTHERMORE, A TREE PLANTED BY RIVERS OF WATERS CAN BE THIRSTY TO SOME EXTENT!AN EXPRESSIVE METAPHOR TO DECIPHER OR DECODE!MOREOVER, « MARCUS GARVEY » ALSO MADE IT CLEAR:(« I WILL NOT GIVE UP A CONTINENT FOR AN ISALAND »!
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