Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical overview of Marcus Garvey Part I. The legacy of Marcus Garvey Garvey and the structuring of reality Perception Perception and self-knowledge Perception and lack of self-knowledge Irony of education Externalized perception The assimilationist treadmill The illusion of progress The true nationalist The restructuring of Garvey's legacy Part II. Afrikan-centered consciousness, personality and culture as instruments of power Power and consciousness The imperative of consciousness Blacks as jobs creators Black wealth expropriated Denial of slave consciousness Demonic possession Somnambulistic possession Self-hatred as a White defense mechanism Lucid possession Spontaneous and artificial possession Latent possession The multiple personality and enslaved Afrikans Culture, consciousness, and possession Culture as social engineering/entertainment vehicle Culture, personality, and individuality Psychosociohistory and power as cultural creations Culture: a revolutionary tool Values as directional factors of consciousness Why Afrikan-centered consciousness The need for nation consciousness and vision Afrikan nations as monocultures Afrikan American nation as monoculture Prescriptions for the Afrikan American nation.