Brinsley Samaroo

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Biography

Brinsley Samaroo, former Head of the History department at UWI, St. Augustine, has written extensively on the history of Trinidad and Tobago with a focus on working class movements, Indo-Caribbean history and political and institutional development. His most recent work is The Price of Conscience: Howard Noel Nankivell and Labour Unrest in the British Caribbean.

Years Attended

2012, 2012 Adult's Festival Participant, 2015, 2015 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2015 South Festival Participant

Brinsley Samaroo

Author, Speaker
Trinidad & Tobago
Events Featuring Brinsley Samaroo
2022
Who tells the story?
Season of Independence Event
Event Date: September 1, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
2015
A Walk Back in Time
Bocas South Event
Readings Event
Event Date:
The Visitors Centre, San Fernando Hill
2015
NGC Bocas Lit Fest South 2015
Bocas South Event
Event Date:
The Visitors Centre, San Fernando Hill
2015
Who’s in charge?: The problems and possibilities of good governance
Big Ideas, Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
2012
The lessons of the past: how we learn our history
Festival Programme Event
Discussion Event
Event Date:
Old Fire Station
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