This powerful, intensely dramatic book is the definitive account of the Haitian Revolution of 1794-1803, a revolution that began in the wake of the Bastille but became the model for the Third World liberation movements from Africa to Cuba. It is the story of the French colony of San Domingo, a place where the brutality of master toward slave was commonplace and ingeniously refined. And it is the story of a barely literate slave named Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led the black people of San Domingo in a successful struggle against successive invasions by overwhelming French, Spanish, and English forces and in the process helped form the first independent nation in the Caribbean.
Join Dr. Mychal Matsemela-Ali Odom for a discussion of this timeless classic of revolution and of liberation theory, and of C.L.R. James, the political philosopher and giant of the Black radical tradition who wrote it.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
San Diego Central Public Library
330 Park Blvd
San Diego, CA 92101
Monday, October 1 - 6:30 PM
For more information, please call: (619) 236-5800 or visit: www.sandiego.librarymarket.com
Join Dr. Mychal Matsemela-Ali Odom for a discussion of this timeless classic of revolution and of liberation theory, and of C.L.R. James, the political philosopher and giant of the Black radical tradition who wrote it.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
San Diego Central Public Library
330 Park Blvd
San Diego, CA 92101
Monday, October 1 - 6:30 PM
For more information, please call: (619) 236-5800 or visit: www.sandiego.librarymarket.com
