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Informationen zum Autor Jerome Teelucksingh is Lecturer at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago. He has served as a part-time lecturer at the University of Trinidad and Tobago and the Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies. He is the author of Labour and the Decolonization Struggle in Trinidad and Tobago . Klappentext This book focuses on seven of the prominent figures that both in action and in ideology reshaped nationalism, anti-colonialism, imperialism, and the construction of an Afro-Caribbean identity. Through a connective analysis of the activists and intellectuals, Ideology, Politics, and Radicalism of the Afro-Caribbean illustrates how the improvement of the working classes in the Caribbean spread across the world and was impacted by a transnational exchange of ideas and resources. The ideologies which were introduced by these leaders are noted as not being limited to one specific country, but rather part of a larger cultural movement in Pan-Africanism. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on seven of the prominent figures that both in action and in ideology reshaped nationalism, anti-colonialism, imperialism, and the construction of an Afro-Caribbean identity. Through a connective analysis of the activists and intellectuals, Ideology, Politics, and Radicalism of the Afro-Caribbean illustrates how the improvement of the working classes in the Caribbean spread across the world and was impacted by a transnational exchange of ideas and resources. The ideologies which were introduced by these leaders are noted as not being limited to one specific country, but rather part of a larger cultural movement in Pan-Africanism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction.- 1 Marcus Garvey’s Caribbean legacy.- 2 C.L.R. James’s Perspectives on Pan-Africanism and Trade Unionism.- 3 Comrade of the Global Working Class: George Padmore the Writer and Activist.- 4 The charismatic Tubal Uriah Butler.- 5 Quiet radical: Contributions of Sir Arthur Lewis.- 6 Dr. Eric Williams: Racial Ideology and Trade Unionism.- 7 The political academic: Dr. Walter Rodney.- 8 Bad boy to Black Power: The revolutionary struggles of Kwame Ture.- Conclusion....
