Selected Publications


The West Indians of Costa Rica: Race, Class and the Integration of An Ethnic Minority, Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press and Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers, 2001.

"Identity in Transition: From West Indian Immigrant to Afro-Costarricense" in English-Speaking Communities in Latin America, Oliver Marshall, editor, London: MacMillan Press and St. Martin's Press, 2000.

"Costa Rica" Historical commentary and annotations of documents pertaining to Garveyism in Costa Rica in The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Robert Hill (ed.), University of California Press, (forthcoming)

"Guatemala" Historical commentary and annotations of documents pertaining to Garveyism in Guatemala in The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Robert Hill (ed.), University of California Press, (forthcoming)

"Panama and the Panama Canal Zone" Historical commentary and annotations of documents pertaining to Garveyism in Panama and the Panama Canal Zone in The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Robert Hill (ed.), University of California Press, (forthcoming )

"Racism and Nationalism in the Creation of Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast Banana Enclave," The Americas (January, 2000)

"Radicalism, Accommodation and Decline: Garveyism in a United Fruit Company Enclave" Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1, (July, 2000).

"Bananas and Business: West Indians and United Fruit in Costa Rica." Race & Class (July, 2000)


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