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From: CKUT FM Montreal <admin@ckut.ca>
To: <brc-news@igc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 6:55 PM
Subject: [BRC-NEWS] Tribute to C.L.R. James


> [Moderator: Live audio broadcast at http://real.cam.org/ckut/ckut.ram]
>
> Press Release
>
> For Immediate Release
>
> May 7, 1999
>
> CKUT 90.3 FM PAYS TRIBUTE TO RENAISSANCE MAN CLR JAMES
>
> On Thursday, May 20 1999, CKUT 90.3 FM's long time public affairs program
> Grey Matters will present a special 2 hour feature program on the life and
> work of the late Caribbean writer, social theorist and politico, CLR
> James. The program coincides with the 10th anniversary of his death May
> 19th 1989.
>
> Recognized as one of the great and original thinkers of this century,
> James has been described by some as a modern-day Plato. He made unique
> contributions in the areas of cultural and literary criticism, political
> philosophy, literature, politics and social theory. Several of his books
> are considered classics, including the Black Jacobins (1938) - a social
> history of the Haitian Revolution which presaged the coming African
> independence movements - and Beyond a Boundary - a remarkable semi-
> autobiography on cricket, the arts and a social theory. He also wrote
> books and essays on such topics as Caribbean politics, Herman Melville,
> African Liberation, Hegel and socialism, and Shakespeare.
>
> In addition to his literary achievements, CLR James is considered one of
> the founders of the modern Pan African and Caribbean nationalist
> movements. In the 1930s he was a co-founder of two important groups in
> England: The International Friends of Abyssinia which mobilized
> international support for Ethiopia during the Italian invasion of that
> country in 1935: and the International African Service Bureau, which
> militated for African independence while nurturing a number of individuals
> who would eventually go on to lead their countries to independence,
> including Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya.
>
> The value of James work is perhaps more widely recognized today and he
> continues to have a major impact on the lives on a wide range of people.
>
> The tribute to CLR James will be aired Thursday May 20th on CKUT 90.3 FM
> beginning at 7:00pm and will include excerpts from several of James's
> speeches as well as interviews with a range of people who have been
> influenced by him including UCLA historian Robert Hill, dub poet Linton
> Kwesi Johnson, the late Montreal based West Indian cricketer and politico
> Alfie Roberts, Barbadian novelist George Lamming and lawyer/historian
> Richard Hart.
>
> For more information call David Austin at 514-731-6296 or Adrian Harewood
> at 514-398-6788.
>
> Tune into the broadcast on the internet at http://www.ckut.ca/
>
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