“Enter the Political Kingdom”, the autobiography of Moses Bhagwan, spanning the Guyanese colonial struggle, the post-colonial era and its divisive politics as well as the Civil Rebellion inspired by the Working People’s Alliance and Walter Rodney is set to be launched on Saturday, August 8th.
A release from the organizers of the event said that it is veined with memorable insights into community life and social activism and the core values and priorities dedicated to family life, which spans some seventy years.
The book will be launched at 5.00 PM before an assembly of Guyanese. (Please note that the venue is now the Georgetown Club, 230 Camp Street between Middle and New Market Sts). The venue has been changed from the Umana Yana because it has been assigned by the Ministry of Culture as the MV Barima Information Centre for affected families.
The release said that the book launch takes place at a time of a devastation with the nation in mourning for the loss of lives and the trauma and suffering of survivors following the capsizing the MV Barima.
In this context, the organisers of this event have 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 it is our 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 we witness joint actions, heroic rescues and unified calls for concerted action across all groups and organisations of civil society and social and political leaders”, the release said.
It added: “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 unsalvaged 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”.
The Book Launch programme has allotted time for expressing sympathy, support and solidarity with all victims and all mourners and prayers of comfort will be offered.
The Author and Editors of “Enter the Political Kingdom” join in issuing this Press Release: Vanda Radzik, Christopher Ram, Wazir Mohamed (Organisers of the Book Launch); Alissa Trotz, Sasha Ann Panaram, Nigel Westmaas (Editors).
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