Radical
activist, thinker, comrade of Walter Rodney, Andaiye was one of the
Caribbean's most important political voices. For the first time, her
writings are published in one collection.
Through essays, speeches, letters and journal entries, Andaiye's
thinking on the intersections of gender, race, class and power are
profoundly articulated, Caribbean histories emerge, and stories from
a life lived at the barricades are revealed. We learn about the early
years of the Working People's Alliance, the meaning and impact of the
murder of Walter Rodney and the fall of the Grenada Revolution.
Throughout, we bear witness to Andaiye's acute understanding of
politics rooted in communities and the daily lives of so-called
ordinary people.
Featuring forewords by Clem Seecharan, Robin DG Kelley and Honor
Ford-Smith, these texts will become vital tools in our own struggles
to 'overturn the power relations which are embedded in every unequal
facet of our lives'.