Darcus Howe

Darcus Howe
Darcus Howe
Born	Leighton Rhett Radford ; 26 February 1943 ; Moruga , Trinidad , British West Indies
Died	1 April 2017 (aged 74) ; Streatham , London, United Kingdom
Cause of death	Complications from prostate cancer
Nationality	British, Trinidadian
Occupations	Broadcaster ; Columnist ;

Darcus Howe (26 February 1943 – 1 April 2017) was a British broadcaster, writer, ^[1] and civil liberties campaigner.

He was an editor of Race Today , and chair of the Notting Hill Carnival . He was best known in the UK for his Black on Black series on Channel 4 ; his affairs programme, Devil's Advocate ; and his work with Tariq Ali on Bandung File . ^[2]

Howe died in Streatham , London on 1 April 2017 from complications of prostate cancer , aged 74. ^[3]

References [ change | change source ]

↑ Howe, Darcus (16 August 2011). "Darcus Howe: 'My father curfewed me and I jumped through the window' " . Socialist Worker . Retrieved 3 November 2011 .
↑ Caroline Davies, "Darcus Howe, writer, broadcaster and civil rights campaigner, dies aged 74" , The Guardian , 2 April 2017.
↑ "Civil rights activist Darcus Howe dies aged 74" , BBC News, 2 April 2017.

Other websites [ change | change source ]

Bio , BlackinBritain.co.uk, accessed 13 August 2011.

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[Howe-16-Aug-2011-1] Howe, Darcus (16 August 2011). "Darcus Howe: 'My father curfewed me and I jumped through the window' " . Socialist Worker . Retrieved 3 November 2011 .

[2] Caroline Davies, "Darcus Howe, writer, broadcaster and civil rights campaigner, dies aged 74" , The Guardian , 2 April 2017.

[bbc_obit-3] "Civil rights activist Darcus Howe dies aged 74" , BBC News, 2 April 2017.

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