The Jamaican writer and poet Claude McKay for instance noted that Garvey "talks of Africa as if it were a little island in the Caribbean Sea." Garvey shared negative stereotypes about Africa as a backwards continent that was in need of the civilizing influence of Western, Christian states. Among his stated aims were "to assist in civilising the backward tribes of Africa" and "to promote a conscientious Christian worship among" them. His idea that Africans would ultimately be liberated by the efforts of the African diaspora living outside the continent has been considered condescending.