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CLR James: The revolutionary Trinidadian thinker who changed history, politics and culture

The extraordinary life of CLR James and his global political legacy.

CLR James remains one of the most influential Caribbean intellectuals of the 20th century, shaping global debates on revolution, colonialism, race, sport, democracy and human freedom. Born in colonial Trinidad in 1901, Cyril Lionel Robert James evolved from a gifted schoolboy and cricket writer into an internationally respected historian, Marxist …

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Queen’s Royal College: The enduring legacy of Trinidad and Tobago’s most iconic secondary school

Inside Queen’s Royal College: History, architecture and national legacy.

Queen’s Royal College is one of the Caribbean’s most historically significant secondary schools, renowned for its academic excellence, national influence, and landmark German Renaissance architecture. Founded during the colonial era to provide secular education open to all races and religions, the institution evolved into one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most …

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