Maurice St. Pierre has served in Guyana’s civil service, including a period at the Ministry of Economic Development where he worked on the Development Plan. A sociologist by training. he is the author of a number of publications on Black America, and the Caribbean including a recent book entitled, Anatomy of Resistance Anti-Colonialism in Guyana, 1823-1966 (London: Macmillan, 1999). He teaches Sociology at Morgan State University.