Back-to-Africa movement

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The Back-to-Africa movement was a political and social campaign, most prominently led by Marcus Garvey in the early 20th century, advocating for people of African descent in the Americas and elsewhere to return to and build a sovereign future in Africa.

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instanceOf Pan-Africanist movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
aimsTo encourage people of African descent to return to Africa ⓘ
establish sovereign Black-controlled territories in Africa ⓘ
promote Black self-determination ⓘ
associatedWithCountry Jamaica ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
United States ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

African diaspora ⓘ
Afro-Caribbeans ⓘ
criticizedFor logistical impracticality ⓘ
romanticized view of Africa ⓘ
emergedInContextOf Atlantic slave trade legacy ⓘ
global European colonialism in Africa ⓘ
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Repatriation to Africa movement ⓘ
Return-to-Africa movement ⓘ
hasIdeology Black nationalism ⓘ
Pan-Africanism ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ
hasMainProponent Marcus Garvey ⓘ
influenced Black nationalist movements in the United States ⓘ
Liberian immigration policies toward African Americans ⓘ
Pan-African movement ⓘ
linked to: Pan-Africanism
influencedBy Christian missionary movements in Africa ⓘ
abolitionist colonization schemes ⓘ
early 19th-century African American emigrationism ⓘ
keyConcept Black pride ⓘ
economic self-reliance ⓘ
racial uplift ⓘ
repatriation ⓘ
legacy cultural reconnection with African heritage ⓘ
inspiration for later Black nationalist groups ⓘ
strengthening of Pan-African consciousness ⓘ
notableLeader Marcus Garvey ⓘ
notableOrganization African Communities League ⓘ
Universal Negro Improvement Association ⓘ
opposedBy many white political leaders in the United States ⓘ
some African American integrationists ⓘ
peakActivity 1910s ⓘ
1920s ⓘ
relatedTo Garveyism ⓘ
linked to: Marcus Garvey

Liberian colonization ⓘ
Sierra Leone resettlement of freed slaves ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ

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Marcus Garvey → movement → Back-to-Africa movement ⓘ
Black Star Line → associatedWith → Back-to-Africa movement ⓘ
Back-to-Africa movement → hasAlternativeName → Return-to-Africa movement ⓘ
linked to: Back-to-Africa movement
Back-to-Africa movement → hasAlternativeName → Repatriation to Africa movement ⓘ
linked to: Back-to-Africa movement
Negro World → ideologyPromoted → Back-to-Africa movement ⓘ
subject linked to: Negro World newspaper
Americo-Liberian settlers → relatedConcept → Back-to-Africa movement ⓘ
UNIA-ACL → promotedProgram → Back-to-Africa movement ⓘ
UNIA → movement → Back-to-Africa movement ⓘ
Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey → about → Back-to-Africa movement ⓘ