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Language and the seizure of power: an interview with C. L. R. James

Chris Searle

Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Resource Centre in Manchester University

In this hitherto unpublished wide-ranging and reflective interview from 1982 on the relationships between language, literature and political change, C. L. R. James examines what is specific to the Caribbean genus of imaginative writing in English. And he draws insightful comparisons between it and the rhetorical power embodied in Martin Luther King's great speech, `I have a dream'. As we go to press, the fortieth anniversary of King's death is being commemorated.

Key Words: Caribbean literature • George Lamming • `I have a dream' • Martin Luther King • Sam Selvon • Wilson Harris

Race & Class, Vol. 50, No. 1, 79-87 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0306396808093302
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