In this episode, we trace Darcus Howe’s journey from Caribbean “global consciousness” and Trinidad’s Black Power uprising to the Mangrove Nine, the Race Today Collective and political organising in Britain. This episode uncovers how Howe built institutions, challenged the state and became a key target of the Special Branch’s Black Power desk.

• Leila Hassan Howe – Veteran Black British activist, former member of the Race Today Collective and long-time campaigner for racial justice and Black self-organisation.
• Dr Tennyson Joseph – Political scientist and lecturer at the University of the West Indies, specialising in Caribbean politics, decolonisation, and the work of CLR James.
• Dr Robin Bunce – Historian of Black Power and radical politics in Britain, and co-author of Darcus Howe: A Political Biography.

Written, presented, and produced by Deanna Lyncook & Weyland McKenzie-Witter

Mix and Sound design by Weyland McKenzie-Witter

Series Theme Music by Kyron Akal

Artwork by Rei Bleu - www.reibleu.com