Africa For The Americans Sparknotes

Marcus Garvey created the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) to demand freedom from the oppressive rule that the African race was living under in the early 20th Century. The controversial and well-known civil rights figure of the time believed that the unification of the African race through the colonization of the “Motherland” in Africa would set his people free from the current injustice they were experiencing throughout the world. Garvey’s message was clear, establish a democratic institution in Africa that will serve the entire African race and its descendents by granting them the freedom, justice, and equality that they deserve. In Garvey’s essay, “Africa for the Africans” it is easy to understand why the the appeal of Garvey’s
Garvey routinely starts each section of his essay insisting that the UNIA movement and their objectives are slowly becoming a reality, and that the moment is almost upon his people where they will finally be free to return to their homeland and enjoy a government whose interests only operate in their favor. By constantly reassuring his audience that the time is near where their ideology will become a reality, Garvey is able to maintain the support from his followers by keeping their hope alive for a better way of life, free from the white man’s oppression and rule. As a reader it is understandable how Garvey’s power was maintained and how his compelling rhetoric led to massive followings and loyal dedication from members. Unfortunately, many of Garvey’s claims were false and had little substance. His essential plea and need for funding from the American government to enable the mass transit of millions of Africans scattered across the world, seems doomed to fail from the beginning, but not in Garvey’s mind when he writes that prominent statesman and politicians are backing his plan and he deliberately cites specific examples of two white Senators who have sided with the UNIA movement. This rhetorical device is used by Garvey to maintain his control and influence as well as to give proof that things are changing in his favor even though there is very little concrete evidence to make such claims. Garvey explicitly calls for
His claims may be pure but the likelihood of Garvey being able to deliver on such a promise fall into the category of complete speculation. Garvey’s need for investment to fund his cause lead to a promise that may not entirely be possible in the end, thus it could be categorized as being deceptive