With the idea in his mind, he established the UNIA headquarters to be in the New York in 1917, where he started spreading the ideas of the Black Nationalism. It is through these aspirations that he decided to come to Africa to bring the same message of patriotism. While in Africa his speeches were mainly rooted in three areas which were the unity, African cultural heritage pride and the autonomy completion. He firmly believed that the African descent is supposed to be a stronghold for the great African independence. This was because Africa by then was under the colonial rule, where still humanity and equality was still a problem (Hill & Bair,
With the idea in his mind, he established the UNIA headquarters to be in the New York in 1917, where he started spreading the ideas of the Black Nationalism. It is through these aspirations that he decided to come to Africa to bring the same message of patriotism. While in Africa his speeches were mainly rooted in three areas which were the unity, African cultural heritage pride and the autonomy completion. He firmly believed that the African descent is supposed to be a stronghold for the great African independence. This was because Africa by then was under the colonial rule, where still humanity and equality was still a problem (Hill & Bair,