Dr. Walter Rodney: the subtracted Angelin in full life vigor

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26512/revistainsurgncia.v9i1.46044

Keywords:

Black academic, Anti racist activist, Political assassination, Restoration, Legacy

Abstract

In 1980, the prominent intellectual and political activist dedicated to the struggles, social movements and human rights in the Americas and the Caribbean was the victim of a bomb attack that took his life and deprived humanity of one of the most brilliant historians of his time. For 40 years, his death was silenced. However, since 2020, the Guyana National Assembly has accepted the findings of the commission of inquiry into the assassination, by which it was concluded that the government organized the assassination perpetrated by a serviceman of the Defence Force. We have evidence that Rodney's murder was organized by the State of Guyana. This achievement has triggered a process of restoring the public record on his death, the cultivation of ways to formally honour his life and legacy.

Author Biography

Alcides José Delgado Lopes, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí, Brasil

Alcides J. D. Lopes aka Tchida Afrikanu é doutor em antropologia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia do Departamento de Antropologia e Museologia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Alcides é professor adjunto de Antropologia/Cultura pela Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco e faz investigação em Antropologia Cultural. Atualmente também é investigador associado ao Laboratório de Estudos Avançados, Observamus, NEPE, ao Núcleo de Antropologia e Realidades (UFPE/Brasil) e à British Academy.

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Published

31.01.2023

How to Cite

LOPES, Alcides José Delgado. Dr. Walter Rodney: the subtracted Angelin in full life vigor. InSURgência: revista de direitos e movimentos sociais [InSURgence: rights and social movements journal], Brasília, v. 9, n. 1, p. 453–472, 2023. DOI: 10.26512/revistainsurgncia.v9i1.46044. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/insurgencia/article/view/46044. Acesso em: 24 nov. 2024.

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