This reissue of an 1894 pamphlet celebrates Joseph Ruhomon as the first Indian intellectual in British Guiana, now Guyana. He wrote at a time, Seecharan notes, when self-deprecation was an instinct...and the construction of this essay was an admirable accomplishment.
Clem Seecharan is Head of Caribbean Studies, University of North London, England. He is the author of numerous books and has taught at the University of North London, University of Guyana and University of Warwick and has lectured in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain.