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Jan Carew : Dead at 92 - ketchim - 12-08-2012
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2012/12/08/renowned-guyanese-novelist-jan-carew-dead-at-92/
My favourite author during my graduation from a teen:
to adulthood.
Rest In Peace .
Re: Jan Carew : Dead at 92 - ketchim - 12-08-2012
Carew was described as “the Gentle Revolutionary†for his work in promoting
Black activism alongside such stalwarts as :
W.E.B. DuBois
Paul Robeson
Langston Hughes
Cheikh Anta Diop
Kwame Nkrumah
and his fellow Guyanese, Ivan Van Sertima
to name just a few........
Re: Jan Carew : Dead at 92 - ketchim - 12-08-2012
Jan Carew works, along with Van Sertima’s, are scholarly evidence of :
Guyanese contributions to the Third World mental re-orientation.....
Re: Jan Carew : Dead at 92 - ketchim - 12-08-2012
He has taught at the University of London, Princeton, Rutgers, Illinois Wesleyan,
Hampshire College, Northwestern and Lincoln Universities....
Re: Jan Carew : Dead at 92 - Kwami - 12-08-2012
[quote author=ketchim link=topic=75172.msg463567#msg463567 date=1354995410]
Carew was described as “the Gentle Revolutionary†for his work in promoting
Black activism alongside such stalwarts as :
W.E.B. DuBois
Paul Robeson
Langston Hughes
Cheikh Anta Diop
Kwame Nkrumah
and his fellow Guyanese, Ivan Van Sertima
to name just a few........
[/quote] Dr CB Jagan , Janet Jagan ...
.. read his book "Moscow is not my Mecca " factually incorrect when he claimed that the USSR harboured anti black sentiments
Re: Jan Carew : Dead at 92 - mapoui - 12-08-2012
Quote:[size=14px]read his book "Moscow is not my Mecca " factually incorrect[/size][/size][size=14px] when he claimed that the USSR harboured anti black sentiments[/size]
did Paul Robeson and George Padmore agree that the USSR harbored anti-black sentiments? ::eek::
Re: Jan Carew : Dead at 92 - mapoui - 12-08-2012
RIP Carew. one of the real ones.
the death that hurt me, angered me tuh rass....as if he was part of me...was that of Van Sertima. oh man was that a surprise! and he was so valuable..and so young looking. 74 is nothing
Re: Jan Carew : Dead at 92 - ketchim - 12-10-2012
[quote author=mapoui link=topic=75172.msg463600#msg463600 date=1355019913]
did Paul Robeson and George Padmore agree that the USSR harbored anti-black sentiments? ::eek::
[/quote]
Thought Stalin et al harbored more anti semitic sentiments :blank:
Re: Jan Carew : Dead at 92 - mapoui - 12-10-2012
No ANTI specific...jess ANTI!
hocked: hocked: ::rofl:: ::rofl:: ::rofl:: ::rofl::
::rofl:: ::rofl:: ::rofl:: ::rofl::
Re: Jan Carew : Dead at 92 - Meseret - 12-10-2012
Didn't know he was still around. R I P