"First volume of biography of Walter Rodney consists of six chapters, roughly covering the historical context to his work, early intellectual ideas, relations with the Rastafari movement, contributions to the ideology and practice of black power, the problems of national development, and socialism in Africa. His work is understood in the context of England's colonial influence on Guyana, relations with the People's National Congress, and the struggle of Third World people to gain independence and self-determination"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.