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The impact of the 1935 Italian/Ethiopian War in Guyana
Common knowledge has it that it was in Jamaica where the Rastafari faith was first and foremost proclaimed. This is true; however, this truth belies the wider impact of the Italian/Ethiopian war of 1935/6 on the Caribbean region, and especially on its peoples of African heritage. African peoples in Jamaica were not the only ones…
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Garvey’s Vision
On Sunday 10 June I gave the 3rd Marcus Garvey Annual Memorial Lecture. Convened by the Marcus Garvey Organizing Committee of the Pan Afrikan Society Community Forum, the lecture was held at Birkbeck College, University London. The venue is significant, being the college that Garvey studied at in 1912 during his first sojourn in London.…
Robbie Shilliam 