- Freddie Kissoon
Frederick Kissoon currently writes the daily "Freddie Kissoon Column" in
Kaieteur News , a daily newspaper published in Guyana, South America. Other columnists for Kaieteur News includeStella Ramsaroop andAdam Harris .In his column "The School of Memories" (Kaieteur News, June 29,
2005 ), Kissoon describes himself as an "idealist, as a romantic, [and] as a human rights crusader." Kissoon has been described by Guyana's President, Bharrat Jagdeo, as a lunatic and his writings are often discredited by authoritative scholarsKissoon initially made his impact in the 1970's as an "anarchist freshman at UG trying to confront the establishment of
Forbes Burnham ", a former President of Guyana who was considered by many as a dictator. At that time he was a member of theWorking People's Alliance led byWalter Rodney . Rodney was killed in a bomb explosion while running for office in1980 .In
1988 , Kissoon became a columnist for an independent Newspaper, The Catholic Standard. At that time, The Catholic Standard was the only independent newspaper in Guyana. The other newspapers were theGuyana Chronicle , a government controlled newspaper, and The Mirror, a newspaper of the then opposition party, the People's Progressive Party led byCheddi Jagan . In the 1990s, Kissoon began writing for a new independent newspaper, theStabroek News .According to his June 12, 2005 column "Twins," Kissoon is currently writing a book that is "a collection of intellectual essays on Guyana, but it will be a reader-friendly book. It will empower the long oppressed, ordinary Guyanese to understand the social evolution of their country." Kissoon sees his task in life as "bringing academia to the ordinary people. I have done that in the Catholic Standard, the Stabroek News and currently in the Kaieteur News."
Mr. Kissoon teaches in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the
University of Guyana .External links
* [http://www.kaieteurnewsgy.com/ Kaieteur News]
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