Caribbean Reasonings Rupert Lewis and the Black Intellectual Tradition

Caribbean Reasonings: Rupert Lewis and the Black Intellectual Tradition recounts the work

of a renowned scholar and activist who has made an indelible mark on Caribbean life.

Through a collection of academic papers and personal reflections, primarily

proceeding from a 2013 conference, some of the leading contemporary political

minds in the Caribbean have converged in this volume to put forward a collection of

essays that detail Rupert Lewis's impact on issues such as black nationalism and

identity, social and racial equality, and Caribbean and human liberation.

The volume boldly highlights Lewis's earnest study of the political teachings of

Marcus Garvey, Walter Rodney and the African-Caribbean experience, to promote

understanding the realities of blackness and to chart a course forward for African

people throughout the diaspora. It also expertly details his contribution to the

discourse on the Grenada Revolution, Caribbean sovereignty, globalisation,

capitalism, radicalism in art and the media, and black feminism in political activism.

In a career spanning decades, Rupert Lewis has amassed a legacy which details his

rise from a student activist at the UWI to a stalwart of Caribbean political thought

who has guided the Department of Government at Mona, the Institute of Jamaica

and its African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica as well as institutionalising Liberty

Hall and the Museum of Marcus Garvey among other contributions.