David Comissiong (born 1960) is a Vincentian-born political activist, founder of the Clement Payne Movement, and former head of the Barbadian government's Commission for Pan-African affairs. He is a frequent critic of

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s in Caribbean politics.

Biography

David Andre Comissiong was born in 1960 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He attended Harrison College in Barbados, and went on to study at the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill (Barbados), then at the

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in Trinidad & Tobago, where he was admitted to the bar in 1984. He starred in the multi-award-winning documentary ''

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, and many others. 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''.''It's the Healing of the Nation: The Case For Reparations In An Era of Recession and Re-colonisation'', Caribbean Chapters, 2013. . He is also the author of ''Marching Down the Wide Streets of Tomorrow: Emancipation Essays and Speeches'', published in 2008. An attorney by profession, he is married with two daughters.

Bibliography

* ''Marching Down the Wide Streets of Tomorrow: Emancipation Essays and Speeches'', 2008, , * ''It's the Healing of the Nation: The Case For Reparations In An Era of Recession and Re-colonisation'', 2013, . * ''The Pan-African Love Story of Arnold and Mignon Ford'', 2020, .

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