Rodney’s family and the Walter Rodney Foundation have already done important work in this respect. This short introduction is an overview of Rodney’s life, activism and political thought, which aims to preserve and promote his legacy.
Fewer still remember the revolutionary struggle he led before his death in Guyana. If some remember him as an influential Black Power advocate in Jamaica, few know about the time he spent in Africa. Yet, his incredible journey and contributions to the struggle of the oppressed are largely unknown beyond Pan-African activist and academic circles. Rodney is best known for his famous book How Europe Underdeveloped Africa which he wrote in Tanzania in 1972. Throughout his short life, he waged a relentless battle against the horrors of capitalism, for which he should be revered as one of the great black leaders of the last century. Walter Rodney was almost the same age as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr when he was assassinated on 13 June 1980 in Guyana at the age of 38. Chukwudinma also looks at Rodney’s early life in Guyana before he moved to Jamaica to continue his studies. In the first part of Chukwudinma’s study of Walter Rodney, he explains that Rodney was a Marxist of impressive originality and in his last years of his life, his ideas and practice developed as he moved closer to Marxism. His life encompassed the great movements of the time, and he was a leading activist and thinker of this tumultuous period.Īware of the inherently destructive capacities of capitalism, its incessant drive to war and conquest, and the relentless decimation of the natural environment, Rodney realised that the most important task for humanity was the revolutionary transformation of the present.
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Over nine weeks we will be publishing Chukwudinma’s full study, from Rodney’s early years in Georgetown, to Jamaica, the UK, Tanzania and back to Guyana. We are serialising ROAPE’s Chinedu Chukwudinma’s study of Rodney’s life A Rebel’s Guide to Walter Rodney – due to be published on 23 March (Rodney’s birthday). "Unfortunately, everyone hates me and I've been arrested!" A bittersweet ending, but I'm looking forward to trying again and seeing if I can win a game with my reputation intact.This year is the 80 th anniversary of the birth of the Guyanese revolutionary Walter Rodney, and fifty years since he published the ground-breaking How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. "My operation, Colossal Liberty, defeated the insurgency and stabilised the region," my hapless civil servant said in the end-of-mission screen. I managed to negotiate a peace treaty with the insurgents, but my reputation was comically low. Winning hearts and minds is as important here as building a large, formidable army. Rebel Inc acknowledges the uncomfortable truth about these kinds of military campaigns, and it's a good thing it does, because otherwise it might feel slightly gratuitous. You can make battles easier by spending money on drones and airstrikes, but this will increase the likelihood of civilian casualties and, as a result, seriously damage your reputation. You'll also enter into talks with insurgency leaders, and how you handle this kind of delicate diplomacy can negatively impact your reputation and stability. The game also doesn't shy away from the cruel reality of this kind of political turmoil, such as soldiers being called away to fight in other wars, leaving parts of the country poorly defended. (Image credit: Ndemic Creations) (opens in new tab)
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