David Comissiong

David Comissiong (born 1960[1]) is a Vincentian-born political activist, who is founder of the Clement Payne Movement, and once served as head of the Barbadian government's Commission for Pan-African affairs.[2] He is a frequent critic of globalization and United States hegemony.[3] Commissiong is one of the key Pan-Africanists in Caribbean politics.

He starred in the multi-award winning documentary 500 Years Later (2005), which starred Maulana Karenga, Muhammed Shareef, Francis Cress Welsin, Kimani Nehusi, Paul Robeson Jr, Nelson George, and many others.[4]

Comissiong is the author of the 2013 book It's the Healing of the Nation: The Case For Reparations In An Era of Recession and Re-colonisation.[5] He is also the author of "Marching down the wide streets of tomorrow : emancipation essays and speeches" published in 2008, ISBN 978-976-8219-51-0, ISBN 976-8219-51-3. An attorney by profession, he is married with two daughters.

References

  1. ↑ David Comissiong’s life of service, Kimberley Cummins, September 10, 2013. "The 53- year-old (spacing and punctuation Sic) Comissiong (...)"
  2. ↑ Rodney Worrell, Pan-Africanism in Barbados: An Analysis of the Activities of the Major 20th-Century Pan-African Formations in Barbados, Washington, DC: New Academia Publishing, 2005, p. 99.
  3. ↑ Rome, Hitler And Bush - Facing Reality, Barbados Daily Nation, 24 March 2003.
  4. ↑ 500 Years Later at IMDb.
  5. ↑ It's the Healing of the Nation: The Case For Reparations In An Era of Recession and Re-colonisation, Caribbean Chapters, 2013. ISBN 978-976-95522-3-4.

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