Marcus Garvey is referred to in so many songs and tenements of Rastafarianism.
Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. Ideologically he was a black nationalist and Pan - Africanist.
He encouraged a sense of pride and self-worth among Africans and the African diaspora amid widespread poverty, discrimination and colonialism. In Jamaica he is recognized as a national hero. His ideas exerted a considerable influence on such movements as Rastafarianism, the Nation of Islam and the Black Power Movement.
The Rastafarian connection with Haile Selassie was made following Marcus Garvey's now famous prophecy: “Look to Africa, when a black king shall be crowned for the day of deliverance is near!” Soon after this, Haile Salassie became King of Ethiopia and part of Rastafrian lore.