Burning Spear, Bob Marley, Fred Locks, Culture, Freddie McGregor and Mutabaruka are among the reggae and roots reggae artistes who have paid tribute in song to Jamaica’s first National Hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Today, August 17, is the 139th anniversary of the birth of the political activist, publisher, and entrepreneur. Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), Black Star Line steamship company and the Negro Factories Corporation, to foster global black economic autonomy.