Abeng (newspaper)

For the 1984 Michelle Cliff novel, see Abeng (novel).

Abeng (stylized in all capital letters) was a weekly newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica. It started as a response to the protests movement that emerged after the banning of African-Guyanese historian Walter Rodney from the campus of the University of the West Indies, Mona. It was published from January to October 1969. ^[1] Abeng was dedicated to the issues of Black and Caribbean consciousness awareness, and the editorial bent was severely critical of both Jamaican political parties.^[2]

The editors included George Beckford, Robert Hill, Rupert Lewis and Trevor Munroe.^[1]