1910s

Pan-African cultural awakening

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1838–2026 · Reading moment 5 of 296

  1. Movement
    July 20, 1914

    Marcus Garvey founds the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Kingston, launching a global movement for Black liberation. UNIA's cultural pride and Pan-African vision helped lay intellectual groundwork for Rastafari and the conscious reggae tradition.

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  2. Artist
    September 7, 1919

    Louise Bennett-Coverley is born in Kingston. She becomes Jamaica's foremost folklorist and poet, preserving patois and mento traditions on stage and radio — giving voice to everyday Jamaican life long before reggae made patois a global language.

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