Guyanese poet Maggie Harris publishes autobiography
By Steve Knight, chief county reporter Saturday, September 10, 2011
Kent News – kentnews.co.uk – source link here
Maggie Harris Home page http://www.maggieharris.co.uk/index.html
An award-winning poet who grew up in Guyana says she hopes her new autobiography will help promote better cultural understanding.
Maggie Harris, 57, who immigrated to England in 1971 and now lives in Broadstairs, has published her memoir ‘Kiskadee Girl’ thanks in part to a £6,000 grant from Arts Council England.
The book explores Caribbean culture as well as the influences relatives from other backgrounds had on her early life.
“As an adult in the UK, my growing up in Guyana played a surreal role in my mind,” said Maggie. “But it also seemed to have no significance for my children and I began to wonder how many children of migrant parents were losing out on their ancestral culture. Continue reading →
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The Cali Mari Man – Neville Calistro
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Pull Quote: “Maybe, it sounded interesting to her.”- Calistro on his music, after being invited by Mrs. Burnham to join the People’s Culture Corps in the 1970s
By Rohan Sagar
Neville Calistro
Neville Calistro, more familiarly known as “The Mighty Chief‘, has the distinction of being the first Amerindian in Guyana and possibly in the world, to sing and perform the art form, Calypso. Calistro traces his heritage back to Venezuela where his grandfather, Henio Calistro, who was a mix of Indigenous Arawak and Black, travelled to Moruca River from Angostura (Cuidad Bolivar) Venezuela in 1817.
The man was part of an escaping group of Arawaks who fought against Simon Bolivar during the Bolivarian War of Independence. Calistro‘s grandmother was herself a mix of Arawak and Akawaio and spoke both languages. Both grandparents both spoke Spanish as did the rest of the Arawaks who escaped Venezuela.
The first site of settlement was Mabaruma and then they travelled down to Moruca River. Though most of the Arawaks settled in Santa Rosa, Calistro’s family went further south to the island of Hobo. Hobo was settled much earlier in the 17-18th century by the Dutch who had established a trading post from which they conducted business with the Caribs and Warraus.
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Here is some detailed information on those Guyanese who perished in that tragedy. It was published in this Guyanese Online Weblog a year ago – September 11, 2010. Please click the link below for the details:
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An award-winning poet who grew up in Guyana says she hopes her new autobiography will help promote better cultural understanding.
