Walter Rodney

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Chino

Walter Rodney

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Walter Rodney
In 1968, Walter Rodney, a Guyanese national, author, and professor at the University of the West Indies, published a pamphlet titled The Groundings with My Brothers which among other matters, including a summary of African history, discussed his experiences with the Rastafarians. It became a benchmark in the Caribbean Black Power movement. Combined with Rastafarian teachings, both philosophies spread rapidly to various Caribbean nations, including Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, and Grenada. In the sixties, after he was declared persona non grata in Jamaica, he was not allowed to return

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afrikola

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Yes,big man he was,I know of another Walter Rodney track,from Corey Harris' last album,Zion Crossroads.Great stuff from a wonderful musician. Weaving together all the threads of diasporic music into a colourful quilt of sound.
DJ Maheek

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'Walter Rodney' by Lui Lepkie

can be found here:
VA - Rub-A-Dub Soldiers
[cover=6905,4771]
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/4771
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