Mothers and Mothers-in-Law – by Francis Quamina Farrier
Francis Quamina Farrier
Today, Mother’s Day 2017, has come at a time when both my mother and mother-in-law are no longer with us. My mother Stella passed away in 1963 at age 58. My mother-in-law Olive passed away in 2016 at age 105. My mother delivered six children. Two died in infancy. My mother-in-law delivered ten children. Two died in infancy. Both my mother, Stella, and my mother-in-law, Olive, were very strong women who laid down the law in the home for their children. Simple though they were, both were fantastic mothers. Their Law-abiding lives were a great contribution to the smoother running of Guyana. I regard them both as unsung heroines. Continue reading →
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DIASPORA – editorial in Stabroek News
October 5, 2014 · By Stabroek News – Editorial·
COMMENTS
President Ramotar
Last week GINA, the Government’s information service, reported that President Donald Ramotar had met Guyanese in Washington and Queens, New York, in the course of his visit to the United Nations, and that he had asked them to return home and invest in the country’s economy. One wonders if he was serious when he put that question to his compatriots in the diaspora, or whether he was just going through the motions.
If he was serious, then he is truly divorced from reality; we have been waiting twenty-two years for this flood of returnees to swamp us with their US dollars, their overseas skills and their drive to nurture their homeland, and no one, even President Ramotar one would think, anticipates that they will do so in the immediate future.
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Hiraeth – By Hugh Yearwood
Hugh Yearwood
I treat my own bouts of hiraeth by writing about my experiences as a child growing up in Guyana. I was fortunate to travel and work in the interior and luckily kept an irregular journal during the years 1980-1981. I left Ebini Ranch in 1983 to study veterinary medicine in Poland where I have remained since. Here is my second story.
This article attempts to explain my feelings of “Hiraeth”.
“I am, more importantly however, a permanent resident of the human race and no matter where I go, I’d like to think that I will always belong.” Says Tricia Yearwood in her article, “What It Means To Be A Guyanese Emigrant”
Wise words to end this honest and, at times, soul tearing piece on how leaving the old country is only really accomplished physically. I know this ache intimately that she writes about “…my eyes began to ache with the same disconnect …”. I became very familiar with this constant feeling of ‘ache’ and ‘disconnect’ during the 31 years that have passed since I left Guyana. Continue reading →
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Homeless man w/golden radio voice in Columbus, OH. USA
Go to Columbus Dispatch site to see video < click
This clip speaks for itself — literally. The Columbus Dispatch discovered a homeless man along Ohio’s I-71 claiming to have “the God-given gift of voice.” His name is Ted Williams, and he’s an ex-radio announcer according to the note he scrawled on a piece of cardboard that he uses to solicit change from drivers. And wow, does Williams ever deliver for a dollar. Williams tells the Dispatch about his struggles, but thankfully “alcohol and drugs and a few other things” haven’t diminished Williams’ velvety vocal cords, and he says he’s two years clean now.
“I have a god given gift of voice. I’m an ex-radio announcer who has fallen on hard times. Please! Any help will be greatfully appreciated. Thank you and God bless. Happy holidays,” says Williams’ roadside sign for help.
Like Williams, the radio industry has fallen on hard times in the past decade, but given the viral power of this video, we expect more than a few morning show and late-night appearances, and perhaps even a job, will be in Williams’ near future. In fact, Reddit reports that Ted has already been tracked down by Columbus area radio show The Morning Zoo and will appear on tomorrow morning’s show, so tune in!
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Guyana – It is difficult for overseas Guyanese offering skills – letter
It is difficult for overseas Guyanese offering skills to break into the inner circle of bureaucracy
January 1, 2016 – Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
As a returning Guyanese my heart misses a beat. This is caused by sheer nostalgic euphoria and nationalistic expectations whenever I hear prominent politicians speak of extending an olive branch to those of the Diaspora. Former Presidents Jagdeo and Ramotar and others in their respective administrations often did it. And now President Granger and others in his administration have been following a similar trend. However, the euphoric expectations I experience are short lived when the realities of my personal experiences are remembered. Continue reading →
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