Interrogating Injustices

Essays in Honour of HILARY McD. BECKLES – Academic · Advocate · Administrator

This commemorative volume celebrates the life and legacy of Professor Sir Hilary McD. Beckles, a distinguished academic, advocate, and administrator. Published to mark Sir Hilary’s 43 years of unbroken service to The University of the West Indies, it fittingly coincides with the institution’s 75th anniversary.

What’s Inside:
Featuring forty essays from colleagues across various academic and professional disciplines, this collection explores Sir Hilary’s wide-ranging contributions to Caribbean history, culture, and activism. The essays are grouped into ten thematic sections:

• Conquest, colonisation, and the fate of Indigenous Peoples.
• The trans-Atlantic trafficking in Africans and African chattel enslavement.
• African resistance and its roots.
• Gender discourses in Caribbean history.
• Post-slavery liberation movements and worker empowerment.
• Secondary and tertiary education and administration.
• Culture, the creative imagination, and sport.
• Business history.
• The post-Independence Caribbean.
• Scholar activism, with a focus on reparatory justice.

Key Features:

• A rich exploration of Caribbean history and culture.
• Insight into Sir Hilary Beckles’s transformative work and legacy.
• Contributions from leading academics and professionals.

What’s Included:

• One copy of Interrogating Injustices: Essays in Honour of HILARY McD. BECKLES.
• Complimentary First-Class P&P for convenient delivery.

This volume is a must-have for anyone interested in Caribbean history, culture, and the enduring impact of one of its most influential scholars.