Tim Hector

by Paul Buhle

"Tim Hector (1942-2002) played many roles - political philosopher, educator, literary and music critic, cricket administrator, political leader, and newspaper editor. Best known for his editorship of the newspaper Outlet and his co-founding of the Afro-Caribbean Liberation Movement, Hector struggled for the independence of his native island, Antigua. As a disciple of C.L.R. James, he was one of the Pan-African movement's most vital figures, and his regular column "Fan the Flame" in Outlet was followed avidly throughout the Caribbean. His insights into regional history, politics, cricket, literature were eagerly awaited." "Biographer Paul Buhle traces Hector's intellectual development, and explores how the editor-activist's political philosophy evolved from an early island nationalism and militant Marxism into an embrace of democratic self-determination and of political union in a future Caribbean nation. Hector's Afro-Caribbean Liberation Movement labored to make Black Nationalism into