Red and Black in Harlem and Jamaica
The Revolutionary Life and Selected Writings of W. A. Domingo
W A Domingo author Leslie James editor Peter Hulme editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pluto Press
Publishing:20th Jul '25
£24.99
This title is due to be published on 20th July, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The first complete account of the life and work of Wilfred Adolphus Domingo (1889-1968), one of the most significant West Indian anti-colonialists of the twentieth century.
When W. A. Domingo died in 1968, the Jamaican ex-premier Norman Manley wrote that 'no one in the world made greater sacrifices or suffered more for the cause he believed in—the cause of freedom for Jamaica and our escape from the bonds and fetters of British Imperialism.' Despite this claim, Domingo has remained a shadowy figure. This book brings him, at last, into the foreground of anti-colonial struggle in the Caribbean.
The book looks at Domingo's ideological tenets and political commitments at various stages in his life. Each section contains a substantial introduction followed by a selection of Domingo's writings, including new biographical information which sheds light on Domingo's early years as well as on his relationships with Marcus Garvey and the Communist movement.
'A wonderfully lucid introduction to the life and work of Wilfred A. Domingo, with the ‘red and black threads’ in his writings edited magnificently by Peter Hulme and Lesley James’
-- Catherine Hall, chair of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at UCL'An outstanding contribution. Hulme and James have rendered invaluable service by providing the most authoritative and detailed biographical portrait capturing the brilliance of W.A. Domingo. One of Harlem’s leading ‘New Negro’ radicals of the 1920s, Domingo was also a combative antiracist and anti-colonial intellectual and a relentless and distinguished fighter for Jamaica’s independence'
-- Winston James, Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine'A magnificent interpretation of Caribbean decolonization, seen through the lens of the Jamaican, W.A. Domingo, whose stunning writings make up half the book. It’s a Harlem story as much as it is Caribbean: a glorious narrative, bringing the displacements of the Caribbean back to life.'
-- Bill Schwarz, Professor at Queen Mary University of LoISBN: 9780745348575
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384 pages