Clem Seecharan

Clement Toolsie Shiwcharan, commonly known as Clem Seecharan (born 1950), is an anthropogist and a Caribbean historian. He was born in Guyana and has been based in England since 1986.

Life and career Seecharan grew up in East Berbice-Corentyne, and attended the Sheet Anchor Anglican School, the Berbice Educational Institute, and Queen's College in Guyana. He studied at McMaster University in Canada, and taught Caribbean Studies at the University of Guyana for some years, before completing his doctorate in Philosophy at the University of Warwick in 1990. He is formally retired, having last taught on the Caribbean Studies programme at London Metropolitan University.

Seecharan continues educational and advocacy work informally, as in his recent contribution to a discussion on the legacy of former Guyanese Marxist leader Cheddi Jagan, hosted by the Guyanese High Commission in London on March 28, 2018.

Publications A distinguished Caribbean historian, Seecharan is the author of publications that include Indo-West Indian Cricket (with Frank Birbalsingh; Hansib, 1988), India and the Shaping of the Indo-Guyanese Imagination: 1890-1920 (Peepal Tree Press, 1993) and Indians in British Guiana 1919-1929 (Macmillan Publishers). He wrote a biography of the Guyanese Test cricketer Joe Solomon in 2022, Joe Solomon and the Spirit of Port Mourant.

Honours Seecharan received an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies (UWI) in 2017. He delivered the 2014 Republic of Guyana Distinguished Lecture.