African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Synopsis This biography of the writer and politician, recreates Allfrey's life against the background of 20th-century Caribbean political and literary history - from the decline of the planter class, the rise of party politics and the efforts to join the West Indies into a federation in the 1960s and 1970s. ;
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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227 p, In Women in Caribbean Politics Cynthia Barrow-Giles and her co-contributors profile 20 of the most influential women in modern Caribbean politics who have struggled and excelled, in spite of the obstacles. Divided into four parts, this volume looks at women who led the struggle for freedom; those who agitated for equal rights and justice in the pre-independence period; postcolonial trailblazers; as well as a group which Cynthia Barrow-Giles refers to as ‘Women CEOs.’ The profiles cover women from 12 territories, with varying political, ethnic and socio-economic issues.
