ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Velma Pollard, Count Ossie, Marcus Garvey
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But i can also convey something about who i think i am- i. e. identity (by the way that you speak) a particular language or variety of a language can itself function as a symbol of. Identity regardless of what is being said very language one uses serves as a symbol how language conveys who i am. How the language conveys who the recipient is. Language conveys how we are related with one another. Looking at a particular case of identity as present/conveyed through language. Dread talk can be described as a set of modifications to jamaican creole (aka patwa) Christianity; african slaves used christianity as a political platform. Paul bogle was a deacon of the native baptism church and initiated a rebellion. Marcus mosiah garvey, jr travelled to north america and eventually to london studied at birkbeck college. Promoted black nationalism, black separatism, and panafricanism; the belief that all black people of the world should join in brotherhood.
