NOT only Guyanese but the entire international community of peace-loving nations must take note of Tacuma Ogunseye’s speech. Henry B Jeffrey said: “absolutely no reason for any group to apologise unless we all agree to bare our collective souls.” (Letter SN dated May 04 2011)

David Hinds said: “Africans don’t want handouts. We want power to help determine ‘who gets what, when and how.’ (Letter SN dated: April 28 201):

All are in defence of what was said by Tacuma Ogunseye; “there will be no Guyana if the PPP/C wins the upcoming election and does not share governance with the PNCR. “

To a vast majority of Guyanese, especially Indians, this is no longer a call to remove Indians from villages but of a more serious call to remove Indians from Guyana.

Guyanese and the entire world must take the threats of Tacuma Ogunseye very seriously after reading this piece of Guyana’s history.

This must be enough reason why government and the entire world must not pussyfoot with race hate speeches from those who are hell bent on not only destroying Guyana but  ridding it of one ethnic group of people.

There were three villages that made up Linden that were previously known as Wismar-MacKenzie-Christianburg, but was renamed/unified in 1970 as a township under the name Linden by then President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham.

In 1964, Wismar was the site of the Wismar Massacre, where rioting targeted at the Indian minority also led to the widespread destruction of property.

The disturbances started on Wednesday, May 20, escalating to murder on May 25th before the arrival of British troops on Tuesday.

May 26. During this period, more than two hundred properties were destroyed by fire and more than fifty people reported physical assaults, including at least seven rapes.

The Wismar Massacre decreased the Indian population in Wismar; before the riots it was estimated at 3,000.

This fell to about 300 by the following July, as more than 3,000 Indians were evacuated after the riots.

The Wismar Massacre was triggered by the general climate of political and ethnic strife within Guyana in 1964.

If this is not frightening enough, then wait and see what will happen when those in authority fail to take serious action to protect their citizens.

History will repeat itself only on a much larger scale. Let’s not forget how this was also done in Uganda.

On 4 August 1972, as part of what became known as the economic war, Idi Amin, President of Uganda, gave Uganda’s Asians (mostly Gujaratis of Indian origin) 90 days to leave the country, following an alleged dream in which, he claimed, God told him to expel them.