Monique A. Bedasse

Apr 3, 2023 | africasacountry.com | William Shoki |Leo Zeilig |Monique A. Bedasse |Erin MacLeod

In the pantheon of radical black figures snatched from us too soon (which includes the likes of Lumumba and Cabral), Walter Rodney looms large. The Guyanese historian and activist lived a short life—he was assassinated at only 38 years old—but he lived it passionately. His intellectual output was sizable, and his political activities immense, stretched across the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and North America.