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