The Essential Writings of Robert A. Hill

This volume collects Robert A. Hill's essential writings on Garveyism and pan-Africanism, highlighting his intellectual contributions to the field. It includes essays on Marcus Garvey's evolving thought, the movement's resonance in the Caribbean, the United States, and sub-Saharan Africa, and diverse aspects of pan-Africanism. The work is a testament to Hill's legacy and was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Format: Hardback
Length: 546 pages
Publication date: 13 February 2024
Publisher: University Press of Florida

This comprehensive collection brings together for the first time the seminal contributions of a scholar and activist who played a pivotal role in shaping the study of Garveyism and pan-Africanism. Spanning a remarkable career, Robert A. Hill's intellectual contributions to the history of pan-Africanism are showcased in this volume. A pioneering scholar and activist, Hill established groundbreaking pan-African archives and served as the editor of the multivolume Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. Regrettably, his immense influence on the field remains underappreciated. This collection serves as a long-overdue testament to his legacy.

Adam Ewing, in his introduction, provides a valuable perspective on Hill's groundbreaking writings on Garveyism, the pan-African, anticolonial movement that gained global traction after World War I. Hill's essays intricately trace the evolving thought of Marcus Garvey, illuminating the profound resonance of the movement in the Caribbean, its diaspora in the United States, and across sub-Saharan Africa. The volume also encompasses Hill's insightful examinations of diverse aspects of pan-Africanism, encompassing the imposter figure in diaspora history, Cyril Briggs's African Blood Brotherhood, the Rastafarian movement, the fiction of George Schuyler, George Beckford, and the Abeng collective in Jamaica, the theories of Walter Rodney, the life and thought of C.L.R. James, and the music of Bob Marley.

This collection not only showcases Hill's intellectual praxis, rooted in his academic influences and personal experiences, but also reveals the breadth, diversity, complexity, and centrality of the pan-African tradition in African diasporic politics and thought. It serves as a testament to Hill's enduring contributions to the field.

The publication of this work was made possible through a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780813069852