Unemployment and poverty remained a problem for many Jamaicans. Various movements seeking political change arose as a result, most notably the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League founded by Marcus Garvey in 1917. As well as seeking greater political rights and an improvement for the condition of workers, Garvey was also a prominent Pan-Africanist and proponent of the Back-to-Africa movement. He was also one of the chief inspirations behind Rastafari, a religion founded in Jamaica in the 1930s that combined Christianity with an Afrocentric theology focused on the figure of Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. Despite occasional persecution, Rastafari grew to become an established faith on the island, later spreading abroad.
unemployment and poverty remained a problem for many jamaicans various movements seeking political change arose as a result most notably the universal negro improvement association and african communities league founded by marcus garvey in 1917 as well as seeking greater political rights and an improvement for the condition of workers garvey was also a prominent pan-africanist and proponent of the back-to-africa movement he was also one of the chief inspirations behind rastafari a religion founded in jamaica in the 1930s that combined christianity with an afrocentric theology focused on the figure of haile selassie emperor of ethiopia despite occasional persecution rastafari grew to become an established faith on the island later spreading abroad