Walter Anthony Rodney (23 March 1942 – 13 June 1980) was a Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. Rodney taught at the University of Dar es Salaam from 1968 to 1974. His notable works include: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, The Groundings with My Brothers, The Russian Revolution, A History of the Guyanese Working People, 1981-1905, and Decolonial Marxism. Rodney was assassinated in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1980.
Walter Rodney speaks at Yale University, 1972. Photo © Jim Alexander.