The University of the West Indies Press, in association with Liberty Hall, the legacy of Marcus Garvey enters a new dimension on the launch of a new book capturing the Marcus Mosiah Garvey Multimedia Museum.  

The book, titled ‘Representing Blackness: The Marcus Mosiah Garvey Multimedia Museum‘, is penned by Dr. Donna McFarlane, the departed director of Liberty Hall. It was also edited by Augusta Lynn Bolles, anthropologist and professor of women’s studies at the University of Maryland, and co-chair of The Cottagers’ African American Cultural Festival.

The book provides the ideological framework as to the value of the museums and their programmes.

Dr. McFarlane in her book shows the Marcus Mosiah Garvey Multimedia Museum, as a cultural and educational institution that is a living monument to Jamaica’s first national hero.

McFarlane’s work has been described as pioneering in that there are no other books specifically written on any of Jamaica’s museums. The focus is primarily on the Marcus Mosiah Garvey Multimedia, which was curated by McFarlane herself. To date it is the first and only museum in Jamaica to address ambivalence about blackness.

The launch of the book is timely and relevant taking into consideration the prevalence of racially motivated incidents in recent times. During the recent launch, several scholars gave their analysis and perspective of the book and McFarlane’s thought processes.