Marcus Mosiah Garvey Foundation
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Building skills, identity, and opportunity for African youth.

The Marcus Mosiah Garvey Foundation provides free vocational training, mentorship, African heritage education, enterprise support, and pathways into meaningful work.
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Upcoming events

Gather, celebrate, and build the future.

Join MMGF for heritage celebrations, fundraising gatherings, workshops, and community experiences.

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22Aug 2026
In Person · GHS 500.00

Marcus Garvey Day Fundraising Gala 2026: Legacy in Motion

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Accra

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The Vision Tracker

Our Ultimate Vision: A Pan-African Tech & Vocational Research Centre.

A clear pathway from free vocational training to leadership, enterprise, employment, membership support, events, and the long-term research centre vision.

Current pathway

Skills Training

Building practical technical and creative capability for young adults aged 18 to 35.

The ultimate goal

A Pan-African Tech & Vocational Research Centre

A lasting centre where practical learning, technology, research, heritage, enterprise, and opportunity work together.

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Graduate pathways with MMG Whirlwind.

MMG Whirlwind connects trained MMGF graduates with employers who need practical, reliable, and job-ready talent.
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MMGF trainees receiving Ghana Energy Commission certificates

Youth ages 18 to 35

Free vocational training for young adults ready to build practical futures.
About MMGF

A foundation built for practical transformation.

Founded in Ghana by Neville Buchanan and the late Mrs Naomi Patricia Palmer-Buchanan, also known as Wudase Mariam, MMGF carries forward Garvey's call for dignity, self-reliance, cultural pride, and institution building.

  • Free technical, creative, and vocational training for youth
  • African history, Garvey legacy education, and cultural identity
  • Personal development, mentorship, and leadership formation
  • Business literacy, money management, and enterprise readiness
  • Graduate placement through MMG Whirlwind and employer partnerships
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Training Academy

Master tomorrow's skills today.

Courses are designed to help young people gain practical skills, confidence, business awareness, and a stronger sense of purpose.

Energy and Electrical

Domestic electrical wiring plus solar installation and maintenance.

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Security and Technology

CCTV systems, information technology, and practical digital capability.

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Media and Creativity

Live event streaming, graphic design, photography, and visual communication.

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The work in focus.

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Course pathways across technical, creative, digital, and vocational fields
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Development pillars covering identity, leadership, enterprise, mentorship, and work readiness
18 to 35
Youth age range for the core vocational training academy
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Membership tiers supporting training, heritage education, events, and student opportunity

Friends of Garvey

Choose your level of impact.

Friends of Garvey helps sustain free training, mentorship, student opportunity, heritage education, events, and the long-term vision for a Pan-African Tech and Vocational Research Centre.

Bronze / Akwaaba: GHu20b550 or $10 monthly
Silver / Vanguard: GHu20b5200 or $35 monthly
Gold / Garveyite Ambassador: GHu20b5500+ or $100+ monthly
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Our connected work

One foundation. Many pathways to progress.

MMGF now connects its public website with practical systems for students, members, employers, events, and community storytelling.

Training Academy and Student Portal

Events, Galleries, and Tickets

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The Garvey legacy in motion

Dr Julius Garvey meets MMGF.

Dr Julius Garvey, son of Marcus Garvey, met members and students of the Marcus Mosiah Garvey Foundation at JamRock Restaurant in Accra on 21 June 2023, strengthening the living connection between heritage, education, and action.
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Leadership and Legacy

Meet the people carrying the mission forward.

The Foundation is led by directors, educators, mentors, community builders, and volunteers supporting training, operations, finance, partnerships, youth leadership, and public engagement.

Chief Executive Officer / Co-Founder

Neville Buchanan

Neville Buchanan was born in Jamaica and spent thirty years working in the British engineering industry. He holds a BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering degree from Brunel University and is an MCSE, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.

He is the director of a registered IT company in Ghana and is involved in several community organisations. Neville is also a student of the philosophy and opinions of the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey and the works of the great Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah.

He co-founded the Marcus Mosiah Garvey Foundation in 2016 with his late wife, Mrs. Naomi Patricia Palmer-Buchanan, Robert Stewart, and Trevor Watson.

Vice Chairperson

Trevor Watson

Trevor Watson is a retired medical scientist who worked with the British National Health Service for forty years.

Now resident in Ghana, he is pursuing several business and community-related projects. His interests also include teaching health and nutrition.

Treasurer / Co-Founder

Robert Stewart

Robert Stewart is a motor vehicle engineer with thirty years of experience in the British car industry. He has lived in Ghana for more than ten years.

A committed Pan-Africanist, Robert is involved with several community organisations. He came to Ghana with the intention of making a difference in African people's lives and well-being.

He believes Africans can free themselves through hard work, determination, and tenacity, and continues to offer voluntary assistance to fellow Africans whenever possible.

Senior Director

Dr Emmanuel Kwaku Senah

Dr Emmanuel Kwaku Senah is an educationist with nearly forty years of teaching experience across Ghana, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, and Oregon in the United States.

He holds a B.A. Hons in Philosophy, a Diploma in Education, an M.A. in Philosophy of Education, and a PhD in History, with a focus on the African Diaspora in Trinidad, West Indies.

Dr Senah has led liberal arts programmes, produced teaching materials, written educational policy documents, and served as a Curriculum Consultant and UNESCO Consultant for the Values Education Programme in Liberia. Having retired home to Ghana from the University of Trinidad and Tobago, he now collaborates with educational institutions, groups, and individuals to promote research and the teaching of history.

Operations Director

Grace Rhoomes

Grace Rhoomes is happily repatriated, with her feet firmly planted in Ghana after twenty years. She is grounded in her African heritage and is the proud daughter of Jamaican parents from the Windrush generation.

Guided by spirituality, Grace embraces the freedom found in the continuous cycle of learning, giving, and receiving. Her career spans forty years across the United Kingdom and Ghana, with paid and voluntary roles in NGOs, private-sector organisations, and statutory services.

Her professional training bridges health, education, and social welfare, giving her an integrated approach to community development. She has served on crisis emergency response teams, challenged systemic inequity across services, and built multi-agency partnerships to strengthen community support.

Mentorship Director

Jennifer Cunningham

Jennifer Cunningham is passionate about empowering young people to recognise their potential and build fulfilling futures.

Her professional background is in education in the United Kingdom, where she has mentored people across age groups. Throughout her career, she has been a strong advocate for those whose voices often go unheard, supporting people who have been overlooked, marginalised, or cast aside.

Her mentoring approach aligns with the MMGF values of self-belief, education, self-reliance, leadership, unity, and pride in heritage.

Social Media / Youth Leadership

Enoch Godson Doku

Enoch Godson Doku is a student at the University of Ghana and a Senator for the Akuafo Hall Traditional Council. He is dedicated to impactful leadership and Pan-African ideals.

Alongside his academic pursuits, Enoch has built a strong technical foundation through the Marcus Mosiah Garvey Foundation, specialising in solar power installations, electrical wiring, and security systems.

He bridges technical innovation with community leadership and reflects the Foundation's values of empowerment and excellence.

Community Liaison

Marva Amoateng

Marva Amoateng is an educator with more than thirty years of experience in the United Kingdom and Ghana.

She is the Founder and Director of Elmhurst Independent School, which provides quality education for children from three months to fifteen years.

With the Marcus Mosiah Garvey Foundation, Marva serves as a volunteer working behind the scenes to support programme design, coordination, and skills training. Her role includes building partnerships and strengthening community engagement.

She is passionate about developing children and youth and building the future through service, education, and community impact.

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