Veteran Guyanese politician launches autobiography “Enter the Political Kingdom”

Last Updated on Friday, 7 August 2026, 22:16 by Writer

“Enter the Political Kingdom”, the panoramic autobiography of Moses Bhagwan, spanning the unified Guyanese colonial struggle, the post-colonial era and its divisive politics, as well as the Civil Rebellion, will be making its launch on Saturday according to organisers.

The event begins at 5 p.m. at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street, Georgetown.

The original site of the launch, the Umana Yana, has been assigned by the Ministry of Culture as the MV Barima Information Centre for affected families of the July 18 ferry tragedy.

The book, edited by Alissa Trotz, Sasha Ann Panara and Nigel Westmaas, and inspired by the Working People’s Alliance and Walter Rodney, is veined with memorable insights into community life and social activism and the core values and priorities dedicated to family life, spanning some seventy years of a life well lived.

The organisers say the book launch takes place at a time of a devastated nation in mourning for the loss of lives and the trauma and suffering of survivors and the impact upon the lives of families related to the victims of the MV Barima tragedy, never before experienced in the modern history of Guyana.

In this context, the organisers say they considered it fit and humane to dedicate the event to all those in mourning and in grief, in particular to the memory of the lost lives and those as yet unrecovered.

Having read the book they say it is their conviction that its publication now is timely as within its pages many episodes relate and confirm the genius, resourcefulness  and fortitude of the people of Guyana to battle against adversities and to hold hands and hearts in unity in times of tragedy like this one, as they witness joint actions, heroic rescues and unified calls for concerted action across all groups and organisations of civil society and social and political leaders.

“We take this opportunity to commend all efforts to locate the sources and causes of this  catastrophe, as well as initiatives taken to sustain the families impacted. We call upon all Guyanese to continue to exercise intense vigilance as the process of unearthing the facts as they unfold so as to ensure that no stone is left unturned or effort un-salvaged in order to recover all the missing and dead, and to determine the truth of the causes of this tragedy in an honest, collective, transparent and accountable manner,” they said.

The organisers — Vanda Radzik, Christopher Ram, Wazir Mohamed — say the  book launch programme has allotted time for expressing sympathy, support and solidarity with all victims and all mourners, and offering prayers of comfort.