This book analyzes the life and work of Guyana historian and politician Walter Rodney (1942-1980), his years of training, his influences, his ideology, and his political action. While Rodney has been the subject of half a dozen monographs in English, this book is the first work in French devoted to this English-speaking historian. It is aimed as much at an academic audience working on African worlds as at an "militant" audience engaged in development issues and social struggles.
 Amzat Boukari-Yabara was born in Cotonou (Benin) in 1981. Holder of a doctorate in history and civilizations of Africa from the School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), he takes part in numerous scientific conferences. He is currently pursuing his research within the Interuniversity Study and Research Group on African Societies (GIERSA), attached to the Department of Anthropology of the University of Montreal.