Samuel Alfred Haynes

Samuel Haynes (1899–1971) was an African-Caribbean Belizean soldier, activist and poet.

Life and career

He was a leader of the 1919 riot by Belizean soldiers who had fought for Great Britain in World War I and refused to accept racial discrimination at home. He also wrote the lyrics of a song named "Land of the Gods", which later became Belize's national anthem, "Land of the Free".^[1]

Also, prominent in the Garvey Movement, Haynes was once the President of the Pittsburgh Division, editor/writer for the Negro World^[2] and for a brief period the Official American Representative for the UNIA-ACL 1929 under the Honorable Marcus Garvey.

References

1. Thomas Streissguth (1 August 2009). Belize in Pictures. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-57505-958-7. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
2. Winston James (1998). Holding Aloft the Banner of Ethiopia: Caribbean Radicalism in Early Twentieth-century America. Verso. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-85984-140-2. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

Sources

• "BELIZE : Belize National Anthem - Land of the Free"
• SilverTorch Belize Quiz