GUYANA 57th Independence Gala Dinner – May 27. 2023

Guyana Association of Georgia – Annual Welcome Party – May 26. 2023

Working People’s Art Class 1948-1961 – May 16. 2023 – 4PM GMT – ZOOM Presentation

SANKOFA Pilgrimage to Barbados Set for May 6-13 2024

Liberia Map

Barbados Today-

Nearly 160 years after hundreds of Barbadians travelled and settled in Liberia, a group of diaspora and home-based Liberians are preparing for a historic pilgrimage to the Caribbean Island bearing significant historical ties to Liberia.

Barbados Map

Under the umbrella of the SANKOFA PILGRIMAGE TO BARBADOS, the trip is being organised by Ambassador Llewellyn Witherspoon in collaboration with the Barbados government, 159 years after the forebears departed Barbados for Liberia. It is a product of dreams of Barbadian-Liberians in Crozierville and Prime Minister Mia Mottley to “revitalize the deep historical ties between Barbados and Africa.”

Liberia has produced two presidents of Barbadian ancestry, including President Arthur Barclay, who, as a boy, spent the first 11 years of his life in Barbados, and his cousin, Edwin Barclay, who was born in Liberia.                  Continue reading

BOOK: Aftermath of Empire: The Novels of Roy Heath

Aftermath of Empire: The Novels of Roy A.K. Heath Paperback – October 31, 2017

Roy A.K. Heath (1926–2008) was born in British Guiana (now Guyana). He fled a stultifying colony in 1950 and headed to the United Kingdom where he became a teacher by profession, a lawyer by training, and a writer by conscience. Heath authored nine novels (the first published in 1974), all uncompromisingly grounded in the landscape and the sociopolitical and cultural reality of twentieth-century Guyana. Coming after a long line of perceptive Guyanese and regional writers, Heath has practically refined the Guyanese and regional novel. With their psychological realism, his novels transcend politics and reach for man’s essential condition of existence. This is the first critical study on Heath’s entire body of work.

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GUYANA: DAVE MARTINS: THE MAKING OF THE MUSIC – video interview

GUYANA: DAVE MARTINS: THE MAKING OF THE MUSIC – video interview

With songs like ‘Boyhood Days’ and ‘Is We Own’ – Dave Martins told many stories through his unique style of music. Whether the message behind the music stemmed from a good old joke as in ‘Honeymooning Couple’ or from a serious state of affairs like in ‘Not A Blade of Grass’, Martins composed lyrical masterpieces.

In this News Room Insider, the musician shares how he constructed his hits. Musical Content Copyright Disclaimer (Fair Use) under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use

GUYANA: Flooding in Guyana gets worse

Flooding in Guyana, especially in Georgetown, is a common occurrence.

The link about shows you a recent flood situation that seems unsolvable by the Government.

 

GUYANA: CARIBANA Dance: August 6. 2023 – Toronto

GUYANA: Short Story: THE LOTTERY TICKETS – By Royden V. Chan. 1995

Tumereng Landing 1960 Mazaruni River Guyana

Short Story: THE LOTTERY TICKETS – By Royden V. Chan. 1995

According to the Buddha, man himself is the maker of his own destiny. He has none to blame for his lot since he alone is responsible for his own life. He makes his own life for better or for worse.
When you read this tale of Aubrey and Elsie Robinson, you can decide if this is true or if we are powerless pawns manipulated by conditions and circumstances beyond our control.

SHORT STORY – THE LOTTERY TICKETS By Royden V. Chan 1995

Guyana SPEAKS – Guyanese Food as a Unifying Force -30th April at 3.30pm – Zoom

Dear friends, family and GS members,

Please register to join Guyana SPEAKS on Sun, 30th April at 3.30pm for a Zoom discussion on Guyana’s culturally diverse foods. We explore with each of our presenters how food is a unifying force within Guyana and across the wider diaspora.   Our distinguished speakers are: Faye Gomes (owner of the Original Kaieteur Kitchen), Sonia Gossai (Guyanese food critic) and Eon John (the Singing Chef/TV Chef).
 
 
Please circulate the link and contact us in the event of any difficulties signing up.            Continue reading
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