Marcus Garvey
Playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah chooses inspirational black leader Marcus Garvey. With Colin Grant and Matthew Parris. From February 2011.
Playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah is a passionate advocate of Marcus Garvey, the inspirational black leader of the early twentieth century. Long before Martin Luther King or Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey was trying against all the odds to give black people a sense of pride, and to create the conditions in which they might hope to flourish and prosper. Kwame Kwei-Armah tells the story of Garvey's incredible rise and fall, and brings this impressive yet flawed man to life. He's joined by Colin Grant, the author of Negro with a Hat - a biography of Marcus Garvey. Presenter Matthew Parris contributes his own memories of living in both Jamaica and Africa.
Producer: Beth O'Dea.
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Fri 13 May 2005 16:3091热爆 Radio 4- Tue 1 Feb 2011 16:3091热爆 Radio 4
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