Happy Emancipation Day to the Guyanese people. August 1 marks the 185th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, one of the world’s most dehumanizing systems of man by man.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) once again takes this opportunity to salute our Afro-Guyanese brothers and sisters across the country and in the diaspora on the

The Guyana Trades Union Congress joins with all Guyana in celebrating freedom from the world’s most inhumane system and treatment of man towards man. As Guyanese mark emancipation of

The Guyana Public Service Union extends warm greetings on this Emancipation Day, to all locally and internationally. Emancipation Day offers an opportunity to reflect on the difficult and untold

The Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC), joins with all Guyanese in commemorating the 185th Emancipation Anniversary and in particular, to acknowledge the struggles and victory of African Guyanese against the

Dance and music are common forms of expression in Guyana and many other parts of the world. In Guyana, dance and music are heavily influenced by the country’s multicultural

Stripped of their names, religions, cultures, and identities, over three million Africans were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in what was known as the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Stolen from

THE government is welcoming private investment in public infrastructure as it contributes to the administration’s vision of transforming Guyana with the recent economic expansion. In the past, public infrastructure

Some many years ago, Africans who escaped slavery, scattered themselves across Guyana and formed settlements where they hoped to start a fresh life, one such settlement, Baracara, can still