This feature provides information on his services in World War II, the time spent practising law and activism in the Caribbean and Africa. His services in politics and the Peoples National Party. Also, he was involved with Pan-Africanism, literature and poetry, further details can be found in his Finding Aid.
Ambassador Dudley Joseph Thompson (1917 – 2012) was a politician, diplomat, and Pan-Africanist famed for his work in the trial of Kenyan nationalist Jomo Kenyatta which brought the political situation in Kenya under the international spotlight. The papers of Dudley Thompson were donated to The UWI Mona in 2018 and are housed at the Mona Library. With content covering the late 1940s through to 2012, researchers can access speeches, correspondence, and interviews among other material with Thompson and political leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Michael Manley.
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