Caribbean Reasonings: Rupert Lewis and the Black Intellectual Tradition recounts the workof a renowned scholar and activist who has made an indelible mark on Caribbean life.Through a collection of academic papers and personal reflections, primarilyproceeding from a 2013 conference, some of the leading contemporary politicalminds in the Caribbean have converged in this volume to put forward a collection ofessays that detail Rupert Lewis's impact on issues such as black nationalism andidentity, social and racial equality, and Caribbean and human liberation. The volume boldly highlights Lewis's earnest study of the political teachings ofMarcus Garvey, Walter Rodney and the African-Caribbean experience, to promoteunderstanding the realities of blackness and to chart a course forward for Africanpeople throughout the diaspora. It also expertly details his contribution to thediscourse on the Grenada Revolution, Caribbean sovereignty, globalisation, capitalism, radicalism in art and the media, and black feminism in political activism. In a career spanning decades, Rupert Lewis has amassed a legacy which details hisrise from a student activist at the UWI to a stalwart of Caribbean political thoughtwho has guided the Department of Government at Mona, the Institute of Jamaicaand its African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica as well as institutionalising LibertyHall and the Museum of Marcus Garvey among other contributions.