Caribbean Intellectual Traditions

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Caribbean Intellectual Traditions

• Caribbean Studies

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Pan Africanism Objectives

• African unity
• Black consciousness
• Black self esteem
• Black empowerment
• Social justice
• Economic liberation
• Liberation of Africa

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Impact of Pan Africanism

• Political consciousness Political ideologies
  ills of capitalism embracing socialism and
  communism.
• Back to Africa movement
• Civil Rights movement in American and African
  Diaspora Impact of Martin Luther King Malcolm
  X and Marcus Garvey.
• Quest for social mobility through education

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Impact of Pan Africanism cont

• Movement towards independence anti-colonialist
  fervor
• Movement towards African unity Marcus Garveys
  UNIA
• Black expressions Religion (Rastafarianism)
  music (Reggae and calypso).

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Negritude objectives

• Recover black pride
• Recover black dignity from white intellectual
  assaults white philosophers, theologians had
  stigmatised Africana and blacks Belief that
  Africans were uneducated, barbaric, violent,
  uncivilized and good for nothing.

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Impact of Negritude

• Restoration of black pride and dignity through
  poetry, literature and entertainment, e.g. movies
• Black consciousness

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Marxist theory Objectives

• Social Justice
• Egalitarianism
• Anti-capitalist/ imperialist
• Nationalism
• Centralized authority
• Revolution to overthrow the ruling class by the
  masses
• Ultimate objective was worker paradise

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Impact of Marxist theory on the Caribbean

• Move to create welfare states Cuba, Jamaica,
  Guyana, and Grenada
• Focus on provision of free social services such
  as health and education
• Class struggle
• Political and ideological consciousness
• Impact of the cold war and resistance to
  neo-colonialism of USA, IMF and WB
• Political tribalism

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Caribbean personalities and Marxism

• Manley Jamaica
• CLR James T T
• Fidel Castro Cuba
• Forbes Burnham Guyana
• Maurice Bishop Grenada
• Trevor Monroe Jamaica
• Sir Walter Rodney ( How Europe Underdeveloped
  Africa) - Guyana

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Feminism Objectives

• Advocate the recognition of the rights of women
• Treat women with dignity and respect
• Gender equality

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Feminism Impact

• Awareness of rights
• Women empowerment through education
• Gender equity
• Legislation to protect women Rape laws, property
  rights