Sociologist Kampta Karran dies

Kampta Karan

Renowned Guyanese sociologist and author Kampta Karan died last Wednesday of a heart attack at the Skeldon Hospital. He was 56 years old.

His wife Deoranie Gobin Karran said that her husband’s death came as quite a shock since he was not ill prior to his death. She described her husband as humble and kind. “He was one of the kindest persons I know, always loving and giving.” She said that only weeks ago he was ordained as a pastor at Emanuel Lutheran Church in New Amsterdam.

According to one of his friends, Pastor Moses from the Lutheran Church, Karran was a