Caribbean greats that made history

Sir William Arthur Lewis was a Saint Lucian economist well known for his contributions in the field of economic development. In 1979 he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Amy Jacques Garvey Marcus Garvey’s wife Amy Euphemia Jacques Garvey was the Jamaican-born second wife of Marcus Garvey, and a journalist and activist in her own right. She was one of the pioneering Black women journalists and publishers of the 20th century.

  • Related imageMaurice Bishop Grenadian Politician Maurice RupertBishop was a Grenadian politician and the leader of New Jewel Movement –popularefforts in the areas of socio-economic development, education, and Black liberation – that came to power.
    Olaudah Equiano, known in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa, was a freed slave of Igbo extraction from the eastern part of present-day Nigeria, who supported the British movement to end the slave trade

    Henri Christophe
    Former President of Haiti
    Henri Christopher 6 October 1767 – 8 October 1820; used the anglicized version of Henry Christopher was a former slave of Bambara ethnicity, and perhaps of Ibo descent, and key leader in the Haitian
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    Claudia Jones
    Journalist
    Claudia Jones, née Claudia Vera Cumberbatch, was a Trinidad-born journalist and activist. As a child, she migrated with her family to the US, where she became a political activist and black nationalist … Wikipedia
    Born: 21 February 1915, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
    Died: 24 December 1964, London
    Buried: Highgate Cemetery, London
    Frantz Fanon
    Psychiatrist
    Frantz Omar Fanon was a Martinique-born Afro-Caribbean psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and writer whose works are influential in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory, and Marxism
    Paul Bogle
    Activist
    Paul Bogle was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and activist. He is a National Hero of Jamaica. He was a leader of the 1865 Morant Bay protesters, who marched for justice and fair treatment for all the people in Jamaica

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