Hugh Shearer October 1968 when his government banned the historian, Walter Rodney from re-entering the country. On 16 October a series of riots, known as the Rodney Riots broke out, after peaceful protest by students from the University of the West Indies campus at Mona, was suppressed by police; rioting spreading throughout Kingston. Shearer stood by the ban claiming that Rodney was a danger to Jamaica, citing his socialist ties, trips to Cuba and the USSR, as well as his radical Black nationalism. Shearer was generally uncomfortable with notions of pan-Africanism or militant black nationalism. He was also insecure about the stability
Donald Rodney discrimination in society. In 1998, Rodney succumbed to the disease and died on 4 March. After his death, Rodney’s work was shown in the prestigious British art show "5". He was also included in the show "Give and Take, Works Presented to Museums by the Contemporary Art Society" held at the Harris Museum and the Jerwood Gallery (2000). In 2003 Rodney's papers were donated to the Tate Archive. The exhibition "Donald Rodney - In Retrospect" took place at Iniva, London, 30 October–29 November 2008. Donald Rodney Donald Gladstone Rodney (18 May 1961 – 4 March 1998) was a British artist.