marcus garvey

• ilk ve en onemli siyah haklari aktivistlerinden. jamaikali, jamaika'nin milli kahramani.yirminci yuzyilin ilk yarisinda yasamis ve faaliyet gostermis. 1920'lerin basinda jamaikadan harlem'e tasinmis ve united negro improvement association'i kurarak, siyah milliyetciligi hakkindaki vaazlarina baslamis, amerikadaki zencilerin ana yurt afrika'ya donup orada bir ulus-devlet kurmalari gerektigi fikrini savunmus. black star line^* isimli bir gemicilik sirketi kurup, amerikadaki zenciler ile afrikali zenciler arasinda ticaret gibi faaliyetlere girismis. faaliyetleri, abd hukumetinin hosuna gitmedigi icin 20'lerin sonunda sinir disi edilmis.
  reggae'ciler pek sever bu adami, pek cok sarkida ismi gecer garvey'in. black star liner adli anglo-asyali grup da ismini, garvey'in gemicilik sirketinden almistir.
• the orb'in u f orb albumundeki dub saheseri towers of dub'in basinda soyle bir "yaran" diyalog gecer:
  security: "security!"
  caller: "hello, is that reception, london weekend television?"
  security: "no, this is security, reception has gone off duty, sir."
  caller: "oh i see....(err) i am supposed to meet somebody in reception, and i wanted to know if they were there waiting..."
  security: "what is the name of the person you are supposed to meet?"
  caller: "haile selassie"
  security: "haile...."
  caller: "...selassie"
  security: "is there a haile selassie here? ...no"
  caller: could you possibly... if he does... he will come in very shortly; would you tell him that marcus garvey phoned?
  security: "uh huh..."
  caller: "and that i will meet him, well it's, ...in babylon and ting?"
  security: "when marcus comes in... right?"
  caller: "yeah".
  security: "and you are supposed to be waiting for him to come in..."
  caller: "is that haile selassie?"
  security: "no, it wasn't him, it was a cab"
  caller: "he's a black gentleman"
  security: "but he when he comes in... you're gonna meet him at... where was it? i'll make a note of this...."
  caller: "babylon and ting"
  security: "ba-by-lon and ting"
  caller: "that's it"
  security: "right you are!"
  caller: "thank you! god bless you."
• rastafarianlarin buyuk saygi duydugu bir idol karakterdir...kendini exodus destekli amerikadaki zenci koleleri afrikaya dondurme misyonuna adamistir...saclarim rasta kizla hasta diye takilan ama bu adamdan bihaber olan bircok tipin varliği ayri bin koftilikten ironiden ibaret olsa gerek ya neyse...
• sinead o'connorın throw down your arms albümünün ikinci parçası.
  
  marcus garvey's words come to pass,
  marcus garvey's words come to pass,
  
  can't get no food to eat,
  can't get no money to spend, wo-oo-oo
  can't get no food to eat,
  can't get no money to spend, woo-oo-oo
  
  come, little one and let me do what i can do for you
  and you and you alone
  come, little one, wo-oo-oo
  let me do what i can do for you and you alone, woo-oo-oo
  
  he who knows the right thing
  and do it not
  shall be spanked with many stripes,
  
  weeping and wailing and moaning,
  you've got yourself to blame, i tell you.
  do right do right do right do right do right,
  tell you to do right, woo-oo-oo
  beg you to do right, woo -oo- oo
  
  where is bagawire, he's nowhere to be found
  he can't be found
  first betrayer who gave away marcus garvey
  son of satan, first prophesy,
  catch them, garvey old
  catch them garvey, catch them woo-oo-oo
  hold them marcus, hold them woo-oo-oo
  marcus garvey, marcus woo-oo-oo
• siyahi amerikalilarin cogunlukta oldugu brooklyn bedford-stuyvesant semtinde bir caddeye isimini vermis kisilik.
• (bkz: marcus hero)
• siyahi milliyetçiliğin jamaikalı savunucusu, dönemin siyahi aktivist ihtiyacını karşılamış kişi.
• bu abi felç geçirir. gazeteler yanlışlıkla, meteliksiz ve kimsesiz öldüğünü yazınca abimiz üzüntüden ikinci bir felç geçirerek gerçekten ölür..
• afrika birleşik devletleri fikrini ilk ortaya atan kişi.