Encounters with genius: Cheddi Jagan and Sonny Ramphal

Hardly a month or even a week went by in my working life without one or other or both of these men appearing in the world’s headlines. It was exciting to play a small part in their big lives.

* For everyone it was like a death in the family. Even those who opposed him all their lives felt the shock of a sort of bereavement. Not before was there ever, and not since will there ever be, such an overwhelming flow