Indigenous Heritage Month has always been a magnificent celebration of indigenous food, fashion, pageantry, and art and craft. This year, the Ministry of the Indigenous People’s Affairs is poised to make ..
by Ruel Johnson They seized the opportunity of Emancipation to establish the foundations of a civilised life – the quest for education, employment, equality and the pursuit of happiness.” – David ..
The date of the first arrival of African slaves in Guyana is not known, but it is believed that the first group was brought by Dutch settlers who migrated from Tobago from as early as the mid-seventeenth ..
As Guyana celebrates the 177th year of Emancipation, it is a befitting time to reflect on the Afro-Guyanese Presidents of the country, who have all contributed in their own way to the country’s development. ..
[TABOOS / SIGNS / SUPERSTITIONS / CUSTOMS]: Excerpts from Al Creighton On each anniversary of Emancipation, the African presence in the Caribbean is celebrated; whatever can be exhibited of the cultural ..
By Barrington Braithwaite Slavery has existed as long as there exists records of human history. But the slavery that birthed the New World and the advent of Europe as a world power is foremost in our imagination. ..
Africa is the second-largest and second-most-populous continent. With 1.1 billion people as of 2013, it accounts for about 15% of the world’s human population. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean ..