University of the West Indies Oriel College, Oxford
Occupation(s)
Scholar, social critic, choreographer
Notable work
Mirror, Mirror: Identity, Race and Protest in Jamaica (1970)
Awards
Order of Merit Gold Musgrave Medal
Ralston Milton "Rex" Nettleford OM FIJ OCC (3 February 1933 – 2 February 2010)[1][2][3] was a Jamaican scholar, social critic, choreographer, and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), the leading research university in the Commonwealth Caribbean.
^"Rex Nettleford: leader in Caribbean culture and education" in Donald Markwell, "Instincts to Lead": On Leadership, Peace, and Education, Connor Court, 2013.
^"Death of Professor The Hon. Rex Nettleford, OM, FIJ, OCC", The University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica.
^"Jamaican scholar, choreographer dies in US at 76". Yahoo! News. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010. [dead link]
Ralston Milton "Rex" Nettleford OM FIJ OCC (3 February 1933 – 2 February 2010) was a Jamaican scholar, social critic, choreographer, and Vice-Chancellor...
version published by Sangsters is 244 pages long with an introduction by RexNettleford and includes a four-page glossary, as the poems are written mainly in...
appointed by the then Prime Minister P. J. Patterson and chaired by RexNettleford.[citation needed] The flag is blazoned: Per saltire vert and sable,...
uncertain etymology; it may be from an African language or Cuban Spanish; RexNettleford said the term was brought back from Cuba by Jamaicans returning from...
were John Brademas, Bob Hawke (Western Australia and University 1953), RexNettleford and David R. Woods. During the centenary celebrations, the foundation...
Preston, dancehall artist Charly Black, basketballer Milo Channing, RexNettleford, University of Connecticut basketball player Kentan Facey, and star...
music. Many of the above-mentioned music and dance have been studied by RexNettleford artistic director (retired professor and vice chancellor of The University...
scene of a slave ship revolt was inappropriate for Jamaican audiences. RexNettleford who is vice chancellor at the University of the West Indies referred...
particularly dancehall styles. Dance theatre is also growing in importance. RexNettleford, Eddy Thomas, Tony Wilson, Olive Lewin, and Edna Manley are five Jamaicans...
company. The company was founded in 1962 by RexNettleford and Eddy Thomas with fifteen dancers, with Nettleford acting as its artistic director and principal...
Former Jamaican Prime Minister Norman Manley Jamaican cultural icon RexNettleford George Robert Parkin, the founding Organizing Secretary of the Rhodes...
Americas: A New World View. Ed. Sylvia Wynter, Vera Lawrence Hyatt, and RexNettleford. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. 5–57. "Is 'Development' a Purely...
Shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, A Light Song of Light 2013: RexNettleford Fellow in Cultural Studies 2013: Shortlisted for the Phillis Wheatley...
served from 1988 to 1998, followed by alumnus and Professor Emeritus RexNettleford, who served from 1998 to 2004. The current Vice-Chancellor is Professor...
speeches and writings, 1938–68 edited with notes and introduction by RexNettleford http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v32n4/v32n4p37.pdf [bare URL PDF]...
17 June 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013. M.G. Smith, Roy Augier and RexNettleford, "The Ras Tafari Movement in Kingston, Jamaica" (Institute of Social...
May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022. Bolles, A. Lynn (December 2011). "RexNettleford: Gatekeeper of Anthropological Research in Jamaica". Caribbean Quarterly...
Mullins, 86, American political writer, author and biographer, stroke. RexNettleford, 76, Jamaican scholar and choreographer, heart attack. Ng Teng Fong...
2014) was a Jamaican dancer, choreographer and dance instructor. With RexNettleford he co-founded the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC)....
John Compton, 2002 Lloyd Best, 2002 Professor the Honourable Ralston 'Rex' Nettleford, 2008 The Honourable George Lamming, 2008 Brian Charles Lara, 2008...
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