The Caribbean, coloniality, and the decolonial turn

Abstract

This article explores the relevance of the Caribbean for understanding coloniality, decoloniality, and the decolonial turn. It confronts and starts correcting the effects of a certain Latin American–centrism in the usual ways of approaching the decolonial turn in Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions. The decolonial turn is presented here as analytic, as historical “socio-genesis,” and, more narrowly, as a network of intellectuals known for their contributions to the understanding of coloniality and decolonia lity. The article explains various ways in which the Caribbean, Caribbean thinking, and Caribbean intellectuals have played an important role in the each of these dimensions.