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DESPITE passage of the Emancipation Act in 1833, the newfound freedom that the ex-slaves had once craved was no paradise. There were more battles to be fought and the liberated Africans found themselves spearheading protest after protest to ensure that their civil rights were not trampled on. Soon after slavery was officially abolished in 1838, […]

PRIME Minister, Brigadier (ret’d), Mark Phillips, on Thursday, met with Guyana Reparations Committee Chairman, Dr Eric Phillips and a visiting African Royal Delegation from South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho who are in Guyana for Emancipation celebrations 2022. The delegation members indicated that their fundamental goals are to foster cultural exchange, education and development;

THE People’s Progressive Party (PPP) wishes to extend greetings to our Afro-Guyanese brothers and sisters across the country and in the diaspora on the occasion of Emancipation 2022, which marks the 184th anniversary of the formal abolition of slavery in British colonies. Slavery remains the most cruel and inhumane system of subjugation and discrimination known

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 society. In Guyana, particularly, people of African descent, who are connected to the traditions of old, use dance and music to commemorate important social and religious

FOOD and culture are interwoven. Traditional spices, recipes and food preparation techniques were passed down from generation to generation. This is true for cultures across the world. The processes of preparing, serving and sharing certain foods and drink might appear simple, but could be complex when considering the social and cultural significance of these foods.

EMANCIPATION Day is celebrated annually on the first day of August. It is the day that the heroes of past slave rebellions that ushered in the end of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and brought freedom to the enslaved is celebrated. The celebrations follow the general concepts initiated by Africans freed on that memorable day, August

IT has now been one hundred and eighty-four (184) years since the descendants of former enslaved Africans, who experienced successive generations of brutality on the plantation, attained their full freedom as declared by the Emancipation Proclamation. History recorded that the colonialists brought an end to slavery as a means of social and economic organisation in

By Shari Simon RECOGNISED as one of the oldest engineering and architectural companies operating in Guyana, E&A Consultants Incorporated continues to build on the legacy of its late founder, Anand E.T. Dharry, by enhancing local infrastructure development across the country. Dharry initially started the company 28 years ago after his return to Guyana from Trinidad

By Shari Simon AT 22 years old, Shridat Singh started his first business repairing computers and selling computer accessories. His deep-seated fondness, as a child, for all things electronic, eventually motivated him to open a small store in October 2009 with an extended service portfolio that included selling mobile phones as well as other electronic

– Single father of two excited for new home AFTER 13 years of praying and waiting, Terry Reid, a single father of two, will soon be moving his children from a rental home in the capital city to one they can finally call their own. Reid, 45, in an interview with the Guyana Chronicle, disclosed