The Sam Sharpe Lectures
History, Rebellion and Reform
The Sam Sharpe Lectures
History, Rebellion and Reform
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Publisher: SCM Press
ISBN: 9780334065470
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 30/11/2023
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
Celebrating ten years of the annual Sam Sharpe Lectures, this text is a collection of a decade's contribution from scholars, thinkers, activists, and ministers responding to the legacy of Sam Sharpe, a historical Jamaican hero. This text documents these moving, insightful and mobilising contributions and seeks to capture how Sharpe's legacy inspires action for justice in the 21st century. Rooted in a radical Jamaican narrative, The Sam Sharpe Lectures collectively demonstrate how Sharpe's legacy can inspire all people to be game-changers despite life's challenges. Sharpe was illiterate and enslaved, yet through a grounding in Christian faith, compassion, justice, and self-determination became an agent for transformation, and these lectures translate his legacy into tools for today's injustices.
Foreword - Rosemarie Davidson-Gotobed
2022: ‘Bringing Down the House’ - delivered by Professor Kehinde Andrews
2021: 'Setting The Captives Free – forging the paths to freedom' – delivered by Amanda Khozi Mukwashi
2020: ‘Man against the System’ - delivered by Bishop Wilton Powell,
2019: ‘Women in Sam Sharpe’s Army: Repression, Resistance, Reparation’ delivered by Professor Verene Shepherd
2017: ‘Members of one Another: Fleeting Illusion or Faithful Pursuit’ delivered by the Reverend Karl Johnson
2016: ‘What Does It Mean To See The Image Of God In Each Other?’ delivered by the Reverend Bev Thomas.
2015: ‘Rebellion and Righteousness – Foundations of Faith?’ delivered by the Reverend Joel Edwards
2013: ‘Deconstructing the notion of race’ delivered by the Reverend Neville Callam.
2012: ‘Deliver us from Evil (Sam Sharpe and the Baptist Rebellion of 1813),’ delivered by Professor Robert Beckford
Editor’s reflections by EP Louis
