By any stretch of the imagination Ghanaian medical doctor Abena Krow had a most "Bermudaful" horse and buggy- Moongate wedding on the picturesque beach below Fairmont Southampton Princess Hotel.

She became the bride of Barbadian businessman Shaka Rodney, son of the world-renowned Pan-African historian and philosopher Dr. Walter Rodney, who was assassinated in 1980 while running for political office in Guyana. Nearly 100 overseas guests from New York, London, Africa and the Caribbean came to see the couple exchange their vows.

Abena came to Bermuda more than two years ago to begin an internship as a surgical officer at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. She said she found beauty wherever she turned, both with the people and the scenery, and wanted to bring her family from Ghana for a taste of Bermuda. One of the first things she did was to befriend members of the Shekinah Worship Centre of Pembroke, where the pastor is Rev. Doctor Maria Seaman. She enrolled in a new members' class under the pastor and Elder Kevon Makell.

The marriage took place two Saturdays ago, with Pastor Seaman officiating.

A reception followed at the hotel, featuring both African and Bermudian music and delicacies. And in keeping with African custom, the newlyweds attended church the first day after the wedding in their African robes. The entire event was covered by their own photographer, Florida-based Ms. Shelly Edwards, and videographer Marvin Joseph.

Abena and Shaka left Bermuda for a honeymoon trip to various European cities, after which she will do a residency at a New York hospital.

The name Walter Rodney was esteemed and oft-quoted in the hall of academia, following publication of his dissertation A History of the Upper Guinea Coast 1545-1800 that earned him his Ph.D in 1966 from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, England. Rodney travelled widely and became prominent in the Black Power movement in the Caribbean and North America.

Rodney taught for a time in Tanzania and later at his alma mater, the University of West Indies. He was sharply critical of the middle class in the post-independence Caribbean. Because of his advocacy for the working poor in Jamaica, riots broke out, eventually claiming the lives of several people and causing millions of dollars in damage. They were known as the Rodney Riots. The government banned him in October, 1968 from ever returning to Jamaica.

Rodney published his most influential and seminal book, "How Europe Undeveloped Africa" in 1972. Two years later, Rodney returned to his native Guyana from teaching in Tanzania and was supposed to take a position as a professor at the University of Guyana but the government prevented his appointment.

He became increasingly active in politics. In 1980, Rodney was killed by a bomb in his car while campaigning in the Guyanese elections.

Rodney was survived by his wife Patricia and three children. In 2004 they donated his papers to the Library of Atlanta University.

Each year since then an Annual Walter Rodney Symposium is held under patronage of the Rodney Family on his birthday, March 23.