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Book Launch | Cricket's First Revolutionary: Frank Worrell's Political War Against Colonialism in the West Indies (RSVP Required) 

Distinguished Colleague,

You are warmly invited to the launch of Cricket’s First Revolutionary: Frank Worrell’s Political War Against Colonialism in the West Indies (Ian Randle, 2025), written by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI).

Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025   Time: 6:00 PM  

Location: Learning Resource Centre (LRC), St. Augustine Campus

Join us for the launch of Sir Hilary's latest publication, which explores the life of Sir Frank Worrell, both as a cricketer and as an anti-colonial revolutionary. You'll hear remarks from the author, as well as insights from the following guest speakers:

- Dr. Indira Rampersad, Head, Department of Political Science, The UWI, St. Augustine (Chair)

- Professor Selwyn Cudjoe, Academic, Historian, and Editor

- Justice Dr. Anthony DJ Gafoor, Chairman, Tax Appeal Board of Trinidad and Tobago

- Dr. Roy McCree, Dean of the Faculty of Sport, The UWI

We look forward to your presence at this special occasion. 

Please note that an RSVP is required for attendance; kindly click here to confirm your participation.

Books will be available for purchase at the launch event at TT$180. 

Both cash and debit/credit card payments will be accepted.

More about the book

The book straddles the interlocking themes of Sir Frank Worrell's life and times, both as a cricketer and a revolutionary. However, it is the latter, the intense saga of Sir Frank's life as a strategic, anti-colonial, democratic socialist radical, which takes centre stage in this brilliant historical narration of the political journey of the celebrated cricketing legend. Through the dizzying vicissitudes of Sir Frank's confrontation with the West Indies Cricket Board of Control, Sir Hilary unravels layers and layers of the untold history of Worrell as a political firebrand. The book pinpoints how Worrell dexterously challenges the Establishment in his incessant quest for justice against repressive, anti-democratic colonial forces, which not only threatened the livelihood of working-class Black and Brown cricketers, but that of the pan-Caribbean, West Indian proletariat, on the whole.