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GUYANA: The Sage of Buxton—a special tribute to Baba Eusi Kwayana 

05/23/2023 – 8:32 am

A long way from the block

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In this episode I traveled to Atlanta, Georgia  for a celebration,  It was Baba Eusi’s  98th birthday.  Friends, family, former students and many others who walked with him in the struggle gathered to pay homage to one of Guyana’s greatest treasures.  These are their testimonies.

Eusi Kwayana, formerly Sydney King (born April 4 1925) in Lusignan, Guyana. A cabinet minister in the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government of 1953. Later he left the PPP to form ASCRIA (African Society for Cultural Relations with Independent Africa), a Pan-Africanist grassroots political group that, after a brief time with the People’s National Congress (PNC) of Forbes Burnham, fused into the Working People’s Alliance (WPA).              Continue reading →

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