{"product_id":"walter-rodney-1968-revisited-paperback","title":"Walter Rodney: 1968 Revisited - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRupert C. Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter\u003cbr\u003eRodney, a leading historian of Africa, a political activist and Caribbean\u003cbr\u003eintellectual before his untimely death in 1980, taught African History in\u003cbr\u003eJamaica at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus in the late 1960s.\u003cbr\u003eLewis' article revisits Rodney's political activism during this period within\u003cbr\u003ethe context of pre-existing social movement among the urban poor and\u003cbr\u003eRastafarian brethren. Rodney was expelled from the island in 1968 by the\u003cbr\u003eJamaican government. Lewis argues that his expulsion was based on the fear that\u003cbr\u003eRodney's interactions with the urban poor and Rastafarian brethren could lead\u003cbr\u003eto the emergence of a radical political ideology which would pose a threat to\u003cbr\u003ethe Jamaican political system and its power structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis\u003cbr\u003erepublication, along with \u003ci\u003eWalter Rodney's\u003cbr\u003eIntellectual and Political Thought \u003c\/i\u003e(The Press UWI 1998), also by the same\u003cbr\u003eauthor, is timely as it marks the 30\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e anniversary of Rodney's\u003cbr\u003eexpulsion from Jamaica on 16 October 1968.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 56\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.12 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46436193829049,"sku":"9789768125538","price":35.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/walter-rodney-1968-revisited-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}