July 21, 2011
Dear Colleague:
The attached journal article is an interesting contribution to Guyanese cultural history, especially the study of religion/spirituality–one of the themes to be explored at the 10th annual Guyana Folk Festival Symposium to be held at the Empire State College, 177 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, September 3, 2011 at 9:45 a.m. The theme is “Arrivals, Encounters, and Exchange.”
For further details on the theme, please visit: http://www.guyfolkfest.org/symposium2011.htm
By way of an update, twenty-four proposals have been selected for presentation at this year’s symposium. Through panel discussions, short performances, and a video festival featuring documentaries and a short narrative film, attendees will explore contemporary ideas on Guyanese culture and identity. Among the ideas to be addressed are pre-Columbus Guyana; African cultural retentions; Guyanese art, language (including language loss), literature, music, and food; religion in Guyana; the Guyanese diaspora; and the new media and Guyanese identity.
Your usual support will be appreciated.
Peace,
Vibert
Vibert C. Cambridge, Ph.D., Professor, School of Media Arts and Studies, Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University
740-593-9178 (Office) 740-593-9184 (Fax)
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From: Randy M. Browne [randybrowne@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:07 AM
To: Cambridge, Vibert
Subject: Fwd: WMQ article on obeah in Berbice
From: “Randy M. Browne” <RandyBrowne@gmail.com>
Date: July 20, 2011 9:00:06 AM EDT
To: cambridg@ohio.edu
Subject: WMQ article on obeah in Berbice
Dear Vibert,
I’m not sure if you remember me, but we corresponded briefly about a year ago about a research trip I was planning to Guyana. I’ve since been to Guyana and I had a wonderful time there. Thanks again for your help orienting me.
At the time we corresponded, you had expressed an interest in reading an article I was preparing on obeah in early nineteenth-century Berbice, and now that the article has been published I thought I would share it with you. If you have any thoughts on the article, I’d love to hear them.
All the best,
Randy
Browne_WMQ article 473K – Download Browne_WMQ article offprints
Nostalgia 561 – Saga and Romance of the ‘Sea Wall’
Nostalgia 561 – Saga and Romance of the ‘Sea Wall’ ..godchin2@gmail.com
Ask any Guyanese, at home or abroad, to name the first five ‘things Guyanese’ that comes readily to mind, and they often reply – Kaieteur Falls – Stabroek Market – St George’s – Public Buildings – Town Hall – and sometimes, Jonestown. Can you imagine they always oversight our Sea Wall – which actually saves the capital city of Georgetown from being a ‘Venice’, and our Coastline languishing as another ‘lost Continent of Atlantis’. This Nostalgia seeks to rectify this situation, and record the Saga and Romance of our ‘ubiquitous’ Sea Wall.
The Guyana Coastline stretching 425 kilometres from Venezuela to Suriname is approx 2 metres below high water, and its defence from the threatening Atlantic Seas has been a battle since the Dutch attempted to empolder the Coastline, in the seventeenth century for agriculture etc. The British on takeover 1814 continued this task in spite of governmental bickering – shortage of funds etc, and the perennial challenges continue to today.
Early history records that Kerfield Village and Sandy Point were washed away 1792, and major flooding breaches occurred subsequently at Enmore 1955, Buxton 1959 – Bladen Hall 1961, and most recently 2005 on the E. C. Dem. Mahaicony to G’town. Continue reading →
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