Cyril Lionel Robert James who sometimes wrote under the pen-name J. R. Johnson, was an Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist and socialist. His works are influential in various theoretical, social, and historiographical contexts.
His work is a staple of subaltern studies, and he figures as a pioneering and influential voice in postcolonial literature.
A tireless political activist, James’s work World Revolution outlining the history of the Communist International stirred debate in Trot skyist circles, and his history of the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins, is a seminal text in the literature of the African Diaspora.
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