A Review of Garvey’s Lessons

A Review of Garvey’s Lessons
Worrill’s World
By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD
BlackCommentator.com Columnist

It is quite clear that African people in America continue to be miseducated. This problem is discussed in a variety of ways in conversations everyday in our communities throughout America. From time to time we should consult the wisdom of those who have addressed this problem whom we may have forgotten. One such person who addressed this problem is the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey.

To address the problem of miseducation among African people in America, Garvey presented his formula for learning in his courses on African Philosophy in the 1930s. I think it is only appropriate to review Mr. Garvey’s formula for learning as we continue to build the Reparations Movement and seek specific guideposts to our development as a people.

These lessons and guideposts in learning can be found in Message to the People: The Course of African Philosophy, edited by Dr. Tony Martin.

Garvey had many other lessons of learning, in his formula that journalistic constraints will not allow me to elaborate at this time. However, I encourage you to read Message to the People: The Course of African Philosophy, and as we celebrate begin to internalize and incorporate these “Lessons In Learning.”