Rodney riots were millions of dollars in property damages. The riots were part of an emerging black consciousness movement in the Caribbean, and helped inspire the 1970 Black Power Revolution in Trinidad and Tobago. Rodney riots The Rodney riots were riots and civil disturbances in Kingston, Jamaica in October 1968. The riots were sparked by the Jamaican government of Hugh Shearer banning Guyanese university lecturer Dr. Walter Rodney from returning to his teaching position at the University of the West Indies. Rodney, a historian of Africa had been active in the Black power movement, and had been sharply critical of the middle
Pakistani diaspora in the Caribbean Pakistani diaspora in the Caribbean There is a visible albeit very minor expatriate community of Pakistanis in the Caribbean. Pakistani migrants can be found and spread out in small pockets along the various island-states making up the Caribbean region. They are part of the much larger Pakistani community in North America, which includes Pakistani Americans and Pakistani Canadians. Muslim missionaries from Pakistan have historically travelled to the Caribbean to revive Muslim communities. There are up to 1,000 Pakistani medical students in Cuba. The vast majority of them have come through scholarships under a program between the Cuban government and the