Celebrating ten years of the annual Sam Sharpe Lectures, this text is a
collection of a decade’s contribution from scholars, thinkers,
activists, and ministers responding to the legacy of Sam Sharpe, a
Jamaican National Hero. This text documents these moving, insightful and
mobilising contributions and seeks to capture how Sharpe’s legacy
inspires action for justice in the 21st century. Rooted in a radical
Jamaican narrative, The Sam Sharpe Lectures collectively
demonstrate how Sharpe’s legacy can inspire all people to be
game-changers despite life’s challenges. Sam Sharpe was enslaved, yet
through a grounding in Christian faith, compassion, justice, and
self-determination became an agent for transformation, and these
lectures translate his legacy into tools for today’s injustices.
Eleasah P. Louis is a Postdoctoral research assistant at Birkbeck, University of London
Rosemarie Davidson is the founder of the Sam Sharpe Lectures and a freelance Cross-Cultural Understanding facilitator and coach.