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Forbes Burnham: The Life and Times of the Comrade Leader

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By (author): Linden F. Lewis

It is virtually impossible to understand the history of modern Guyana without understanding the role played by Forbes Burnham. As premier of British Guiana, he led the country to independence in 1966 and spent two decades as its head of state until his death in 1985. An intensely charismatic politician, Burnham helped steer a new course for the former colony, but he was also a quintessential strongman leader, venerated by some of his citizens yet feared and despised by others.
 
Forbes Burnham: The Life and Times of the Comrade Leader is the first political biography of this complex and influential figure. It charts how the political party he founded, the Peoples National Congress, combined nationalist rhetoric, socialist policies, and Pan-Africanist philosophies. It also explores how, in a country already deeply divided between the descendants of African slaves and Indian indentured servants, Burnham consolidated political power by intensifying ethnic polarizations. Drawing from historical archives as well as new interviews with the people who knew Burnham best, sociologist Linden F. Lewis examines how his dictatorial tendencies coexisted with his progressive convictions. Forbes Burnham is a compelling study of the nature of postcolonial leadership and its pitfalls.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 540g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Jan 2024
  • Publisher: Rutgers University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781978837515

About Linden F. Lewis

LINDEN F. LEWIS is a professor emeritus of sociology at Bucknell University. Coauthor of the book Caribbean Masala: Indian Identity in Guyana and Trinidad he has also edited the collections Color Hair and Bone: Race in the Twenty-First Century The Culture of Gender and Sexuality in the Caribbean and Caribbean Sovereignty Development and Democracy in an Age of Globalization.

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