Darcus Howe obituary

Writer and activist who was outspoken in promoting black self-determinationThe broadcaster and writer Darcus Howe, who has died aged 74, once described himself as having come from Trinidad on a “civilising mission”, to teach Britons to live in a harmonious and diverse society. His aims were radical, and he brought them into the mainstream by articulating fundamental principles in a strikingly outspoken way.After his initial experience of racial tension in Britain at the start of the