A True Maverick: the political career of Dr Oswald E. Anderson, 1919-1944

TY - JOUR

T1 - A True Maverick

T2 - Social science history association

AU - Altink, Henrice

PY - 2013/6

Y1 - 2013/6

N2 - This article looks at the local and national political career of the Jamaican doctor Oswarld E. Anderson. He was a 'true maverick' in his willingness to speak out about racial discrimination in Jamaica and also in his decision to stand as an independent candidate in the first election under universal suffrage in 1944 when the tide had turned in favour of party politics. This short overview of Anderson's life sheds greater light on the nature of decolonisation in the British Caribbean

AB - This article looks at the local and national political career of the Jamaican doctor Oswarld E. Anderson. He was a 'true maverick' in his willingness to speak out about racial discrimination in Jamaica and also in his decision to stand as an independent candidate in the first election under universal suffrage in 1944 when the tide had turned in favour of party politics. This short overview of Anderson's life sheds greater light on the nature of decolonisation in the British Caribbean

KW - race

KW - politics

KW - jamaica

KW - independence

KW - decolonisation

KW - discrimination

KW - public health

U2 - 10.1163/22134360-12340002

DO - 10.1163/22134360-12340002

M3 - Article

SN - 2213-4360

VL - 87

SP - 3

EP - 29

JO - New West Indian Guide

JF - New West Indian Guide

IS - 1-2

Y2 - 17 November 2011 through 20 November 2011

ER -