nded a steam ship company called the Black Star Line; and he promoted the "Back - to Africa" movement. Although in his life time Garvey didn't accomplish many practical things, he is still consider to be a hero among the Rastafarians. In 1917, a year after Marcus Garvey arrived in the United States of America he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (Davis 66). The origin of the UNIA was "...originally as a fraternal organization, later remolding it to become the organized vehicle for the redemption of blacks through repatriation to Africa" (Davis 66). When Garvey was in New York he started a newspaper called "The Negro World." Garvey's motto for his newspaper is "One Aim, One God, One Deststst ack in the United States. The years to follow Garvey got convicted for mail fraud and tax evasion, and sent to a federal prison in 1925 (Davis 68). Garvey spent two years in jail and them was deported to Panama. This meant that the S.S. Frederick Douglass went bankrupt and the "Back - to - Africa" movement was over. Garvey once out of jail continued on trying to spread the UNIA until his death in 1940. Marcus Garvey died of pneumonia in England (Davis 69).Rastafarianism is closely connected to Reggae music. Reggae music is a cultural experience that have song lyrics that consisted of Rastafarianism heritage. Some song themes are about anti - colonialism, poverty, anti - white establishments. On the other hand some of the Reggae song are joyful topics such as: triumph over struggles, love, individualism, and pro - Jamaica.Reggae is a specific genre of Jamaican popular music that developed around 1968 and remained the dominant form until the early or mid - 1980's; the term is often used nowadays, however, to refer to all styles of Jamaican popular music since the late 1960's (Manual, glossary). The main person that people think about when they here the word reggae is Bob Marley. Bob Marley sung such popular songs like "N...
