Renwick Rose publishes three-book series

One of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ (SVG) foremost social commentators and journalists has published three volumes in a series titled ‘Reflections’.

Renwick ‘Kamara’ Rose’s timely, insightful, clear-eyed ‘Reflections’ on Women’s Struggles for Justice and Equity ; We Grandparents’ Backpay – Struggle for Reparatory Justice ; and Reclaiming Our Independence and Defending Democracy present the people-first perspectives, with the easy fluency of one of our Caribbean’s socio-political giants. As a dedicated activist who was always at home and always grounded, Kamara’s vision is untarnished by extraneous meanderings which undermine the forward march of Vincentian and Caribbean people throughout the world.

In Women’s Struggles for Justice and Equity, Kamara’s credentials as SVG’s foremost feminist are passionately exhibited as he advocates consistently for the elevated recognition of the multiple vital roles played by women in every facet of our society. He chronicles, in detail, the unwavering strength of our women who never shirk their assumed responsibilities despite non-recognition and under-appreciation.

We Grandparents’ Backpay – Struggle for Reparatory Justice, presents Kamara’s clarion and constructive calls over the years, for the acknowledgement of the dehumanisation and genocide wrought by conquest and colonisation; and the acceptance of the need for reparatory justice in order to repair the erasure of the personhood of our fore parents.

In Reclaiming Our Independence and Defending Democracy, the bird’s eye view afforded Kamara during this period of our history, just over 45 years ago, unfolds with an immediacy because he was then central to the progressive movement’s valiant attempts to contribute to the charter of our country’s Independence. His presence then, sought to give voice to the unheard community groups which were being squeezed out of the process. Today, his writings allow these voices to echo and to be recorded in our youthful quest for the shaping of ourselves as a Vincentian people. Together, these three sets of ‘Reflections’ take us from thence to now. These ‘Reflections’ give us the contexts and the texts which inform the now. They give us perspectives which must undergird our trajectory.

The books are available now on Amazon in paperback and Kindle format. Paperbacks will be available next week for purchase in St Vincent and the Grenadines. A virtual panel discussion to launch the books is being planned for Wednesday, November 20, 2024.