His Excellency Makandal Daaga, born Geddes Granger, is a Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

 political activist and former revolutionary. He is also a son of Gaskynd Granger, and cousin of David A. Granger

David A. Granger

David A. Granger is a Guyanese politician and retired military officer who served for a time as Commander of the Guyana Defence Force....

. He was the leader of the 1970 Black Power Revolution

Black Power Revolution

The Black Power Revolution, also known as the "Black Power Movement", 1970 Revolution, Black Power Uprising and February Revolution, was an attempt by a number of social elements, people and interest groups in Trinidad and Tobago to force socio-political change.-History:Between 1968 and 1970 the...

. During the unrest he was arrested and charged. The name Makandal Daaga can be traced back to his ancestral roots in Africa. He rallied against inequalities towards black citizens in Trinidad. Today because of the effort of Dagaa, Clive Nunez and many others that partook and died in the struggle black people can now work in banks, lead and can achieve the same thing that only white citizens were capable of achieveing.

Granger founded the National Joint Action Committee

National Joint Action Committee

The National Joint Action Committee is a black nationalist political party in Trinidad and Tobago.-History:The party was established in February 1969 by Makandal Daaga , who was dissatisfied with the fact that most businesses in Trinidad at the time were owned by the white minority...

, a now-quiescent political party.