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- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright
- © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-75633-8
- Pages
- 55 –89
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-75634-5_5
- Publisher site
- See Chapter on Publisher Site
Abstract
[This chapter is an account of the nation’s first decade after independence in 1962. It looks at the economic policies of Lewisian industrialisation by invitation, and the attendant issues of labour unrest in strikes and sabotage, and anti-Communist paranoia. It follows the growth of Afrocentric consciousness, the creation of a national ritual in the Carnival, and the elevation of the steelband to the centre of Creole nationalist consciousness, embodied in the calypsonian Sparrow. Indian society is contrasted with Creole society. It illustrates the structure and functioning of Indian society, mainly in the rural areas and steeped in peasant and Hindu caste dynamics. It traces the evolution of Indian politics, the formation of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), and the consequent fractiousness of Indian politics. Alternative conceptions of independence, as in Lloyd Best’s Tapia Group and the regional New World Group, are also explored.]
Published: Aug 7, 2021