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Samori Tarik Marksman (October 27, 1947 – March 23, 1999) was a Caribbean Marxist〔Doug Henwood, ("The Excruciating Demise of WBAI" ), ''New York Observer'', August 12, 2013.〕 journalist, historian, political activist, teacher, and program director of WBAI in New York from 1994 until his death in 1999. ==Biography== He was born Stanley Theodolph Marksman on the island of St. Vincent to Sybil Providence and Stanley Marksman. He adopted the name Samori Tarik Marksman at the time he became a citizen of Guinea in the 1970s, his work with the Guinean revolution earning him the Croix de Chivalry. During this period, Marksman taught at the University of Liberia and the College of West Africa while serving as director of the African division of the New York-based Pan African Skills Project, which recruited scientists and individuals with technical know-how to teach in Africa.〔("Remembering Samori Marksman" ), ''2600: The Hacker Quarterly''〕 On his return to the United States, Marksman founded and published the magazine ''Caribbean Perspective''. He was also a frequent contributor to ''Covert Action Quarterly'' and to the ''New York Amsterdam News''. From 1979 to 1983, Marksman was a publicist for the New Jewel Movement Marxist-Leninist People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada, in which capacity he was a co-producer of the documentary film ''Grenada: The Future Coming Toward Us'';〔(Information and Film Review for "Grenada: the Future Coming Toward Us" )〕 his service ended with the US Invasion of Grenada. Marksman taught journalism part-time at Long Island University.〔 Marksman’s programs ''Behind the News'' and ''World View'' offered analyses of the news from a leftist perspective.〔Goodman, Amy, ("Tribute to Samori Marksman: A Man Who Democratized the Voices of the People" ), ''Democracy Now!'', April 1, 1999.〕〔Moorehead, Monica, ("Samori Marksman: Respected anti-imperialist journalist dies" )〕 As program director of WBAI he presented such figures as Paul Robeson, John Henrik Clarke, Ivan van Sertima, Louis Clayton Jones, Walter Rodney, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Kwame Nkrumah and Stokely Carmichael.〔 Marksman was founder or co-founder of several organizations, including the African and Caribbean Rights Organization, the African Mobilization Committee, and the Patrice Lumumba Coalition.〔 These organizations held community forums offering a platform to leaders of 'liberation' struggles, the peace and environmental movements, and human rights activists. Marksman died in 1999, survived by his wife Rita and his children Lindiwe, Zindzi, and Kaifa.〔Copage, Eric V., ("NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: WEST SIDE - BUZZ; A Farewell to a Radio Comrade" ), ''New York Times'', April 4, 1999.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samori Marksman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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