Transcript Pan-African Movement

Pan-African
Movement
A Brief Overview
Who
is Bob
Marley?
 http://www.unc.ed
u/~rowlett/units/lar
ge.html
What is Pan-Africanism?
 Movement
dedicated to
establishing
independence for Africa
nations

And unity for black
throughout the world
 Originated
with
conferences in London

1900, 1919, 1921, 1923
 First
truly
intergovernmental
conference held in 1958
(Ghana)
Bob Marley and Pan-African
 Influenced
by Marcus Garvey and
Haile Selassie
 Garvey believed that blacks
wanted their own country, and
culture to be respected, as well as
freedom.
 “when we say we are Rasta, we
mean we seriously deal with
Marcus Garvey, Haile Selassie
seen…”
 His music and influence was seen in
Bulgaria, North Africa, Zimbabwe
and other countries.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn1
2bNvt1sY
Lyric Analysis….
Using
Bob Marley’s “War” take
notes on with your group:
Where
particular phrases come from
What do they mean?
Tie it together with the opening.
What did Bob Marley mean?
Underline Africa related
items…countries, etc.
Create Your Own
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When you are finished, team up with one person only, or
work by yourself to create a poem/rap/ or song about
something your are passionate about, you want
changed in the world.
 Song/Rap: At least one stanza and one chorus (10
lines total
 Poem: Format to be decided by teacher
You can also use this to explain Pan-African Movement
or African Nationalism.
When you are finished by yourself write a paragraph on:
 how Bob Marley used his songs to education/influence
other on the Pan-African movement, and how
songs/raps/poems would be a good way to spread
the words