For the last day of Black History month I’m going to talk about the Jamaican-born Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey. As a very young man, Garvey traveled to Latin America, the United Kingdom, and the United States before he eventually returned to Jamaica and founded several Black Nationalist organizations before establishing the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). In 1916, Garvey moved the headquarters of the UNIA from Jamaica to Harlem in New York City (NYC). The migration of large numbers of blacks from the southern United States and the Caribbean basin during World War I contributed to the growth of the UNIA in North America. As a pro-business conservative, in 1919 Garvey founded the Negro Factories Corporation (NFC) and offered stock in it to African Americans as a means to help black people to achieve economic independence. Among its many activities, the NFC ran three grocery stores and two restaurants in NYC. There is no available sources on what they sold (or their success), but most likely they had Caribbean and Southern foods and dishes because the majority of Garveyites had roots in these two regions. When I think of Garvey I think of Jamaica, and when I think of Jamaica I think of patties. My own favorites are fish and vegetable patties, but patties come in a multitude of styles including jerk chicken and beef. I’ve had some incredible patties in Brooklyn New York a place with a gigantic Jamaican diaspora. Here are some pattie recipes:
Veggie patty recipe: http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/jamaican-veggie-patties-recipe.html
Chicken patty video recipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Z-7WSIi3A
Fish patty recipe: http://health.asda.com/lifestyle/recipes/jamaica-fish-patties.aspx
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