Rex Nettleford
Rex Nettleford | |
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| Born | Ralston Milton Nettleford 3 February 1933 |
| Died | 2 February 2010 (aged 76) Washington, D.C., United States |
| Education | Cornwall College |
| Alma mater | 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) 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.