Thesis: An Exploration into the Emergence Of Leonard P. Howell and Early Rastafari during the Critical Years of the Anti-Colonial Struggles in Jamaica, 1933 to 1938.

Writing experience:

He has produced a few chapters for three books: “Seaforth in the Eye of the Storm” in Caribbean Political Activism edited by Rupert Lewis, (2012); “Howell in the Studies of Rastafari” and “Leonard P. Howell: A Portrait” in Leonard P. Howell and the Genesis of Rastafari edited by Clinton Hutton et al (2015); and Chapter 3 “Democracy in Jamaica: Flawed and Twisted” in newly published book, Flawed Democracy and Development In Jamaica, edited by Dr. Stacy Ann Wilson (2024). His major writings in manuscript form are: Rastafari Uprising:  Leonard P. Howell and the Rise of Early Rasta; Rastafari Exodus: the Movement of Rastafari in the Age of Imperialism and The Ganja Chronicles: The Laws vs. The People which are completed, awaiting refinement and an opportunity for publication. He has been writing in Jamaican newspapers for over two decades.

Research interests:

Political history of Jamaica; Democracy and Education in Jamaica; the philosophy of Rastafari; and in the area of philosophy, an examination of Frantz Fanon’s interpretation of Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic and its application to European slavery and colonialism in the West Indies-a study of Black Skin White Mask.

Articles

Jamaica under Siege: A Post Independence Struggle for Economic Identity in 21st Century Politics. Transition, issue 45, Nov 2018.

The Cuban Economy in the 21st Century. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, vol 42, no 2, Aug 2017.

US Foreign in Grenada and its Implications for Cuba. Transition, issue 43, Aug 2015.

Raul’s Cuba, Social and Economic Studies, vol 64, no1, Jun 2015.

Cuba: Lessons in Education, International Journal of Educational Reform. Issue 23, vol 4, 2014.

Cuban/Caribbean and Latin American Relations: A Transition from Politics to Economics. Transition. Summer 2014.

Cuba: Healthcare and the Revolution. The West Indian Medical Journal. Issue 62, vol 4, 2013.

An Unassuming Revelation: Cuba’s Social Policy towards the AIDs Epidemic. The West Indian Medical Journal. 62, vol 3, 2013.

Cuba: Race Matters. Race Gender and Class. vol 20, no 3-4, 2013.

The Demise of the Soviet Empire and its Effects on Cuba. Caribbean Quarterly, vol 42, no 1, 1996.

Books

Cuba Past and Present: An Arduous Journey toward Self-Determination. Scholars Press March 2023.

Political Reflections: A Compilation of Articles of a World in Crisis. vol 2, Scholars Press, February 2023. 

Political Reflections: A Compilation of Articles of a World in Crisis. vol 1, Scholars Press, June 2016.