Cheddi jagan biography books

The following books written by Dr. Cheddi Jagan and Mrs. Janet Jagan are available for sale. Please check bottom of page for details on purchasing these important publications. You can read also read Book Reviews on several of these books.

Profits from the sale of all the following books will be donated to the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre.

Forbidden Freedom - The Story of British Guiana by Cheddi Jagan

The West on Trial , My Fight for Guyana’s Freedom by Cheddi Jagan

The Caribbean Revolution

The Caribbean Whose Backyard?

Selected Speeches 1992-1994 by Cheddi Jagan

Cheddi Jagan : My Fight For Guyana’s Freedom- with Reflections on my Father by Nadira Jagan-Brancier

The USA in South America by Cheddi Jagan

A New Global Human Order by Cheddi Jagan

Janet Jagan: Unpublished Stories & Poems by Janet Jagan

The Alligator Ferry Service and Other Stories from Guyana by Janet Jagan

Janet Jagan: Freedom Fighter of Guyana by Patricia Mohammed

Cheddi Jagan - Forbidden Freedom - The Story of British Guiana

In 1953, after only 133 days in office, Dr. Jagan’s government was deposed by the British colonialists. This book, Forbidden Freedom - Story of British Guiana first published in 1954 (while Dr. Jagan was in prison) appeared in the aftermath of that military intervention. He showed how this fitted in to both the colonial policy of Britain and the “Cold War” spearheaded by the United States. It includes an analysis of: ”Labour and the Colonies” and shows who are the genuine and who are the false democrats.

In the original epilogue, chapter 12 in this third edition, Dr. Jagan predicts the later split in the PPP “along ideological and racial lines.”

The second edition, published in 1989, included a new preface by the author, calling for a break in the policies that he notes are leading both the  developed and developing world

President of Guyana from 1992 to 1997

Cheddi Berret Jagan (Ja-gun; 22 March 1918 – 6 March 1997) was

Description

Part autobiography, part anti-colonial history, originally published in 1966 Cheddi Jagan’s The West on Trial: My Fight for Guyana’s Freedom chronicles Dutch, French, and British rivalry for social, political, and economic control of Guyana, as well as the fight for self-determination and independence from colonial rule.

Chronicled in these illuminating pages is life on the sugar plantations; the painful experience of caste hierarchy and racism; the devastation of World War; peace, colonialism, and the struggle for independence from imperialism. Subtly and concisely, Jagan outlines the corporate and economic interests involved in attempting to perpetuate colonial subjugation in British Guiana.

Larger in scope than Jagan’s Forbidden Freedom (also available from International Publishers), The West on Trial provides important historical context that enables readers to grasp the pivotal post-World War II period of anti-colonial, national liberation movements and the role of British and U.S. imperialism throughout the 1950s and 1960s in destabilizing democratically elected popular governments.

For students of decolonization, the Cold War, and the struggle for independence, Cheddi Jagan’s The West on Trial: My Fight for Guyana’s Freedom is required reading.

Additional information

Cheddi Jagan Research Centre

Dedicated to Cheddi & Janet Jagan

Biographical Summary of Dr. Cheddi Jagan  
Dr. Cheddi Jagan Founder of the People's Progressive Party, Father of the Guyanese Nation
Growing Up (1966) This is the 1st chapter of Dr. Jagan's autobiographical work "The West on Trial"
Pictorial-Biographical Posters (These are copies of the original posters on display at the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre in Guyana) 
Listing of Documents in Archives by Dr. Jagan

Short Biography:  

Reminiscences of Cheddi Jagan by Janet Jagan

When Grandpa Cheddi was A Boy - 1990
7165 We Will Carry the Torch He Lit - March 10, 1997
Dolly Yellow Breast and Uncle Cheddi - 1997
7185 Cheddi Jagan: 50 Years as a Parliamentarian - Oct. 09, 1997
7219 Walking Alone? - March 1998
7223 Inaugural Lecture at Cheddi Jagan Lecture Series - 1999
7231 Cheddi Jagan - The years 1943 to 1948 - 2000
7266 Remembering Cheddi - 2001
7273 Cheddi Jagan - The Dentist - 2002
7275 Cheddi Jagan -1964-1966 - 2002
7274 Cheddi Jagan - The Man - 2002
7259 A Piece of Guyana's History - 1953-1955
7285 Five Years After - 2002
7271 Cheddi Jagan - A Real Life Success Story - March 3, 2002     
7278 Cheddi - A Unique Leader - March 9, 2003
7279 Remembering Cheddi - National Unity Should be the Watch Word - 2003
7287 Remembering Cheddi - March 2004
7296 Remembering Cheddi - March 2005
7303 Cheddi Jagan - Man of the People - March 2006
7318 Valentine's Day 1997 - Feb. 17, 2007
7321 Address at Dr. Jagan's 10th Death Anniversary at Babu John - March 2007
7243 November 1947 - A People`s Victory - November 10, 2007
7244 Dr. Jagan 60 Years Ago- A Voice Calling for Justice - November 17, 2007
7328 The Advocacy of A New Global Human Order Moves Another Step Forward - Jan 2008

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