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Walter Rodney

Walter Rodney

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Walter Rodney was a world-renowned historian of colonialism, and a leader of black power and African unity movements in the diaspora, particularly the Guyanese Workers Alliance. His life and work combined the independence struggles of the African continent with the pursuits of th…

Biography

Walter Rodney was a world-renowned historian of colonialism, and a leader of black power and African unity movements in the diaspora, particularly the Guyanese Workers Alliance. His life and work combined the independence struggles of the African continent with the pursuits of the black working classes of North America and the Caribbean. On June 13, 1980, Rodney was assassinated, most likely by the then President of Guyana. He was 38 years old.