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The Death of Walter Rodney
In 1980, the Guyanese opposition leader Dr Walter Rodney was killed in a bomb explosion. His supporters say he was assassinated on the orders of the government.
It is 35 years since the Guyanese opposition leader and academic, Dr Walter Rodney, was killed in a bomb explosion. He was one of the leaders of a movement trying to bridge the racial divide in Guyana's politics. His supporters said he had been assassinated on the orders of the government. We hear from his widow, Patricia Rodney, and from Wazir Mohamed who was a young activist at the time.
(Photo: Walter Rodney. Credit: the Walter Rodney Family).
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Wed 22 Jul 2015
09:30
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