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This 80-Year-Old Guyanese Teacher Inspired A Generation
This 80-Year-Old Guyanese Teacher Inspired A Generation
Leroy Trotz, teacher and forefather of STEM education in Guyana
Patrick Bova
Oct 10, 2018
Podcast: Grandma, Guyana and Me
Podcast: Grandma, Guyana and Me
How Migration Has Impacted Three Generations of Women
Patrick Bova
Aug 24, 2018
The Bitter Truth About Big Sugar’s Caribbean Colonialism
The Bitter Truth About Big Sugar’s Caribbean Colonialism
By Natalie Hopkinson | Huffington Post
Patrick Bova
Aug 24, 2018
Guyana Hits Back After ‘Watery Wilderness’ NYT Article
Guyana Hits Back After ‘Watery Wilderness’ NYT Article
By Carinya Sharples | BBC
Patrick Bova
Aug 24, 2018
No Passport Required: Queens, NYC
No Passport Required: Queens, NYC
Indo-Guyanese Cuisine and Culture
Patrick Bova
Aug 5, 2018
The Country That Wasn’t Ready to Win the Lottery
The Country That Wasn’t Ready to Win the Lottery
Guyana just discovered it owns enough oil to solve all its problems — and cause even bigger ones.
Patrick Bova
Jul 11, 2018
Archive
A Disappearing Nation
A Disappearing Nation
By Hugh Costello| BBC Radio 4
Patrick Bova
Jun 26, 2018
Guyana Is About to Open Up Pandora’s Barrel
Guyana Is About to Open Up Pandora’s Barrel
By Mac Margolis | Bloomberg
Patrick Bova
Jun 19, 2018
Let’s Have a Debate on Walter Rodney
Let’s Have a Debate on Walter Rodney
By Michael Burke | Jamaica Observer
Patrick Bova
Jun 19, 2018
40 Years Later, Jonestown Survivor Speaks Out on Massacre That Nearly Killed 1,000
40 Years Later, Jonestown Survivor Speaks Out on Massacre That Nearly Killed 1,000
By Angela Helm | The Root
Patrick Bova
Jun 19, 2018
Elderly UK Residents of Former British Colonies Risk Deportation
Elderly UK Residents of Former British Colonies Risk Deportation
By Aina Khan | Al Jazeera
Patrick Bova
Jun 18, 2018
In New York’s Little Guyana, An Immigrant Community Grapples With Domestic Violence
In New York’s Little Guyana, An Immigrant Community Grapples With Domestic Violence
By Sushmita Sudhir Pathak | The Lily
Patrick Bova
Jun 18, 2018
Traditional Kite Making Alive in Guyana
Traditional Kite Making Alive in Guyana
By Tangerine Clark | Caribbean Life
Patrick Bova
Jun 15, 2018
Famous Guyanese Diner Brings Cow Heel Soup to East Flatbush
Famous Guyanese Diner Brings Cow Heel Soup to East Flatbush
By Alexandra Simon | Caribbean Life News
Patrick Bova
Jun 12, 2018
Reflections on the Life of Sir Wilson Harris
Reflections on the Life of Sir Wilson Harris
Guyana’s famous author will be remembered as one of world literature’s most original novelists who was deserving of the Nobel Prize.
Khadija Benn
Mar 11, 2018
Mahaica Dawn
Mahaica Dawn
The lower Mahaica River runs through rice paddies and vegetable fields, but the native vegetation along its banks is a refuge for numerous…
Grace Aneiza Ali
Nov 15, 2017
The Booker Prize’s Bad History
The Booker Prize’s Bad History
In a fiery 1972 acceptance speech for the Booker Prize, Berger blasted the London-based Booker McConnell sugar firm’s exploitation of…
Grace Aneiza Ali
Oct 22, 2017
Indenture Abolition Centenary Conference
Indenture Abolition Centenary Conference
Centre for Postcolonial Studies hosts international conference at Senate House in London to mark centenary of abolition of indenture.
Grace Aneiza Ali
Sep 29, 2017
The Part Of The Windrush Story That Few People Know About
The Part Of The Windrush Story That Few People Know About
Indenture, under which the British brought Chinese and East Indians to the Caribbean to labour on sugar plantations, is largely unknown.
Grace Aneiza Ali
Sep 23, 2017
Languages of Indigenous Peoples to be Taught in Guyana’s Schools
Guyana government says it is moving to have the languages of the Indigenous peoples taught in schools.
Grace Aneiza Ali
Sep 13, 2017
Guyanese-American writer Gaiutra Bahadur selected for prestigious Bellagio Center Residency
Guyanese-American writer Gaiutra Bahadur selected for prestigious Bellagio Center Residency
Bahadur is the author of Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture, a narrative history of indenture.
Grace Aneiza Ali
Sep 4, 2017
Editors’ Picks: 11 Things to See in New York This Week August 28
Editors’ Picks: 11 Things to See in New York This Week August 28
“Liminal Space” at the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute. This group show features ruminations on homeland from artists…
Grace Aneiza Ali
Aug 30, 2017
Saving, and Splurging, in Guyana
Saving, and Splurging, in Guyana
Where I come from, we don’t put ice in our Guinness. Or Red Bull. But in the gold-mining frontier town of Bartica, Guyana, I became a…
Grace Aneiza Ali
Aug 26, 2017
Legendary Guyanese newspaperman Godfrey Wray receives Guyana Cultural Association Award
Legendary Guyanese newspaperman Godfrey Wray receives Guyana Cultural Association Award
By Tangerine Clarke | Caribbean Life News
Grace Aneiza Ali
Aug 25, 2017
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