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The Life and Times of Marcus Mosiah Garvey |
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The Right Honourable |
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• The Right Honourable Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born in St. Ann's Bay, in the parish of St. Ann, Jamaica, on 17th August 1887. His father was a descendant of Jamaican’s proud African Maroon’s Community. |
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School days |
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• Garvey was the youngest of his father's 11 children, nine of whom died in childhood. Garvey attended infant and elementary schools in St. Ann's Bay and was a bright student. |
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Supplementary education
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• He also received private tuition from his godfather Mr. Alfred Burrowes, who ran a printery. At 14, Garvey was apprenticed to Mr. Burrowes to learn the printing trade. |
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Originally A Methodist: |
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• On Sundays he pumped the organ in the Wesleyan Methodist Church at St. Ann's Bay, of which his parents were members. Later Garvey became a Catholic.
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Lover of books
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• Young Garvey inherited a love of books from his father, a skilled mason, who was widely read and had a private library. • This love was further encouraged during his apprenticeship as Mr. Burrowes also had an extensive book collection of which Marcus, by now an avid reader, made full use. • He also came into contact with the many persons who stopped at the printery to discuss politics and social affairs with Mr. Burrowes. Garvey began his lifelong interest in politics and social affairs. |
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Garvey On the Move |
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• Around 1906 Garvey left St. Ann's Bay for Kingston in search of brighter prospects. • He worked at first with a maternal uncle, then moved on to P.A. Benjamin Limited where he worked as a compositor in the printing section. By the age of 20, in 1907, he had become a master printer and foreman at this company. |
