Zophia Edwards
Zophia Edwards is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of Fueling Development: How Black Radical Trade Unionism Transformed Trinidad and Tobago (Duke University Press). Her work has also been published in Political Power and Social Theory, Sociological Review, and others. She is also a member of the Global Pan-African Movement North America.
Address on May 23, 2026, delivered at the African Liberation Day celebration in Syracuse, New York, themed Haiti & Cuba: Defending Pan-African Unity Against Imperialism, and organized by the Global Pan African Movement and the Pan African Community of Central New York.
Tagged under Global Pan-Africanism
Trade union leaders helped secure a UNC victory in Trinidad and Tobago’s 2025 election—now voters must ask whether these former working-class champions will truly represent workers from within the government.
Tagged under Popular Participation & Democratization