BOOK LAUNCH - Independence, Colonial Relics and Monuments in the Caribbean by Allison O Ramsay and Jerome TeeluckSingh (eds.)

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The Barbados Museum & Historical Society is pleased to invite you to the launch of the latest post-colonial discourse on contemporary Caribbean History, Heritage and politics entitled: Independence, Colonial Relics and Monuments in the Caribbean
by Allison O Ramsay and Jerome TeeluckSingh (eds.)

Independence, Colonial Relics, and Monuments in the Caribbean is a collection of critical perspectives on independence and the legacies of colonialism in the post-colonial Caribbean. The contributors examine themes relating to culture, identity, gender, nationhood, heritage and historic preservation in the post-independent Caribbean.

In a twenty-first-century context where calls for reparatory justice for the people of the Caribbean who have been disadvantaged by the effects of colonialism have intensified, this book is quite relevant as some chapters examine colonialism through relics, laws, statues and monuments, while other chapters explore the implications of African enslavement, the role of Indian indentureship, the Federation of the West Indies and the effect of the American based Black Lives Movement on the Caribbean.

To preorder your copy of Independence, Colonial Relics, and Monuments in the Caribbean, please contact us at projectcoordinator@barbmuse.org.bb.