35 years ago on this day, one of the most brilliant Guyanese ever was assassinated by the Burnham dictatorship. This man got his PhD in London at age 24. This was the first high profile African Guyanese who started the struggle to unite the races against the Burnham dictatorship. I am happy to say that I was very involved in the struggle even though my brother was Special Political Assistant to the tyrant Burnham at that time. I witnessed first hand the brutality of the House of Israel and Hamilton Green thugs. What a sad day today is. Walter Rodney Lives!!
He certainly does! Wow, did not know he got his Phd at 24. He had a son in my sister's class at QC, very smart kid.
That was one of the reason I looked up to him.
I do not know Rodney. Charlie Cassato took me a couple times to freedom house and other venue to listen to him. I was a disinterested 16 year old.
He was indeed charismatic and spoke fluidly ( I hate people who punctuate their speech with ahm....yes...you know....aaah etc) as I hate parenthetical sentences. As you know, I very seldom do it.
Rodney certainly was bright but his skill in organizing protests to the administration was not very good. He had the masses in his arms but failed to meet the bar of a Ghandi or a Dr King. He reached for a weapon without realizing he had the most powerful one in his grasp....ability to move people by the hundreds to particular ends.