THE CONTINENT OF BLACK CONSCCIOUSNESS: on the history of the African diaspora from slavery to the present day conatains the text of seven lectures that Erna Brodber gave at the small rural village of Woodside during 1996 and 1997. the Lectures cover the history of slavery and emancipation: the ideas and lives of marcus Garvey, Claude McKay, George Padmore and C.L.R. James; the study of two novels by Merle Hodge and Paule Marshall; and finally the specific history and myths of her own birthplace Woodside.