Black Power in Bermuda: The Struggle for Decolonization (Contemporary Black History)
By: Quito J. Swan
ISBN: 9780230619067
$155.98
9780230619067
A transnational, pan-African youth movement, Black Power in Bermuda sought freedom for Blacks from the islandâ€s White oligarchy and independence from British colonialism. It was spearheaded by activists such as Pauulu Kamarakafego and the Black Beret Cadre. The Cadre maintained relationships with revolutionary organizations across the African Diaspora, such as the Black Panthers. Emerging in the late 1960s, the Movement witnessed the assassinations of Bermudaâ€s British Chief of Police and Governor (1972-1973). Swan carefully details the islandâ€s colonial governmentâ€s attempts to destroy the Movement through military tactics, extensive propaganda, and the implementation of token social concessions.