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One Love Media presents 1838 Gala: Brown Sugar- A Fundraiser for Children of Guyana
Friday Aug 17th 2018 at 7:00 pm at Elite Banquet Hall 1850 Albion Rd Toronto
Celebrate the Presence of the East Indian arrival to Guyana as Indentured labourers on the sugar plantations of British Guiana in 1838. Slavery of Africans ended in 1834. A historic year for sugar when new labourers arrived from India. A new history in the making of Guyana and the contributions of both Muslims and Hindus will be highlighted! Continue reading
President Forbes Burnham: a Legacy with “Food For Thought” – by Francis Quamina Farrier
President Forbes Burnham: a Legacy with “Food For Thought” – by Francis Quamina Farrier
Burnham 33 Death Anniversary Feature of August 6, 2018
Forbes Burnham
Some say “Burnham”. Some say “Forbes Burnham”. Others say “Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham”, while there are those who say “The Founder Leader”. Of course, there are some who say, “The Dictator”.
Last Monday, August 6, 2018, dozens of individuals and groups converged at sunrise, at The Place of the Seven Ponds in the Botanical Gardens in Georgetown, where they payed homage to the memory of a man who, along with others, including Dr. Cheddi Jagan and Stephen Campbell, laid the foundations for an Independent Guyana. It was the occasion of the thirty third anniversary of the sudden passing, on August 6, 1985, of President Forbes Burnham; Guyana’s first executive President.
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