Jamaica’s cultural influence is widespread. A small island, its culture and music is nevertheless embraced by people from across the world. Jamaica is also the birthplace of Rastafari – an Afro-Caribbean spiritual and political movement that came into existence in the 1930s. This movement, based on the teachings of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica’s first national hero, is widely popular across the globe. He led the largest and most influential movement to advance Black people’s interests in the world and had a huge influence on the Civil Rights Movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King jr.