# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-rodney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:47:55.047Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-rodney"
name: "Walter Rodney"
slug: "walter-rodney"
description: "Walter Anthony Rodney was a Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. His notable works include How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, first published in 1972. He was assassinated in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1980."
tagline: "Guyanese Marxist, Pan-Afrianist, and historian (1942-1980)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1942-03-23"
deathDate: "1980-06-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: 87
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump