Political books from Guyana
Recommended political books (3)
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If you are into political here are some political books from Guyana for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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The Groundings With My Brothers by Walter Rodney EN
Country: South America / Guyana
Guyana
Description:
"I have sat on a little oil drum, rusty and in the midst of garbage, and some black brothers and I have grounded together." - Walter Rodney In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. In each locale, Rodney found himself a lightning rod for working class Black Power. His deportation catalyzed 20th century Jamaica's most significant rebellion, the 1968 Rodney riots, and his scholarship trained a generatio... continue
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The Point is to Change the World : Selected Writings of Andaiye by Andaiye EN
Country: South America / Guyana
Guyana
Description:
An inspiring collection from one of the Caribbean's most vital political figures.
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Tropic Death by Eric Walrond EN
Country: South America / Guyana
Guyana
Description:
Finally available after three decades, a lost classic of the Harlem Renaissance that Langston Hughes acclaimed for its “hard poetic beauty.” Eric Walrond (1898–1966), in his only book, injected a profound Caribbean sensibility into black literature. His work was closest to that of Jean Toomer and Zora Neale Hurston with its striking use of dialect and its insights into the daily lives of the people around him. Growing up in British Guiana, Barbados, and Panama, Walrond first published Tropic Death to great acclaim in 1926. This book of stories viscerally charts the days of men working stone qu... continue