Ramdeen Ramjattan, known as John Agitation (24 July 1927 – 5 February 2018), was a Trinidadian comedian, civil servant, politician and storyteller.
[1] In 1951, at 24, Ramdeen was introduced to the Trinbagonian national audience by Landy de Montbrun, a leading local comic at the time.
[2] From there, Agitation became a regular on Radio Trinidad, particularly the Horace James Comedy Hour[3][failed verification], Sunday Serenade (hosted by Sam Ghany)[4][5] and the Aunty Kay Children's Show.
[citation needed] Throughout his life he was an avid hunter, as his home was in the rural, still-forested area of Cumuto, with a large population of agouti and brocket deer.
In 2003, Ramdeen "John Agitation" Ramjattan was awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Silver) by the government of Trinidad and Tobago, for his more than five-decade-long work to preserve Trinbagonian and Caribbean folklore via comedic storytelling.