Walter Rodney Memorial Monument

Walter Rodney, born in Georgetown in 1942, was a historian of international standing, the author of "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa", and a leader of the Working People's Alliance. He was killed by a bomb in Georgetown on 13 June 1980. The memorial monument on Hadfield Street in Werk-en-Rust was unveiled in 2010 and is listed by the National Trust as a national monument, as is his tomb in Le Repentir Cemetery.