Walter A. Rodney: A Promise of Revolution

The life of the great Guyanese scholar and revolutionary Walter Rodney burned with a rare intensity. The...
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Walter A. Rodney: A Promise of Revolution by Chung, Clairmont

Walter A. Rodney: A Promise of Revolution

Dhs. 209.23

Walter A. Rodney: A Promise of Revolution

Dhs. 209.23
Author: Clairmont Chung
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The life of the great Guyanese scholar and revolutionary Walter Rodney burned with a rare intensity. The son of working class parents, Rodney showed great academic promise and was awarded scholarships to the University of the West Indies in Jamaica and the School of African and Oriental Studies in London. He received his PhD from the latter at the age of twenty-four, and his thesis was published as A History of the Upper Guinea Coast, now a classic of African history. His most famous work, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, is a mainstay of radical literature and anticipated the influential world systems theory of Immanuel Wallerstein.

Not content merely to study the world, Rodney turned to revolutionary politics in Jamaica, Tanzania, and in Guyana. In his homeland, he helped form the Working People's Alliance (WPA) and was a consistent voice for the oppressed and exploited. As Rodney became more popular, the threat of his revolutionary message stirred fears among the powerful in Guyana and throughout the Caribbean, and he was assassinated in 1980.

This book presents a moving and insightful portrait of Rodney through by the words of academics, writers, artists, and political activists who knew him intimately or felt his influence. These informal recollections and reflections demonstrate why Rodney is such a widely admired figure throughout the world, especially in poor countries and among oppressed peoples everywhere.

Author: Clairmont Chung
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Published: 10/01/2012
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781583673287

About the Author
Chung, Clairmont: - Clairmont Chung is a lawyer, teacher, and filmmaker. He grew up in Guyana and lived through the racial violence of the 1960s and the insecurity that followed. He settled in Brooklyn, New York in 1979, entered Columbia University in 1981, moved to Harlem in 1983, and taught public school in the South Bronx. Chung directed and wrote the documentary, W.A.R. Stories: Walter Anthony Rodney.

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