Tag: Forbes Burnham

  • Guyanese politics – 1979-83

    Guyanese politics – 1979-83

    That was an important lesson for me to take away; if you win, you will find that you have a lot of supporters. If I had been reprimanded by the Minister and ordered to withdraw the letter, then I don’t know how many of my supporters would have stood on the same side of the…

  • Kwakwani, live and learn

    Kwakwani, live and learn

    The language of the Guyanese is called Creolese. It is an English Patois and as distinct with its own flavor as French Patois is from French. Creolese has the taste of Cookup, the sound of the Steel band and the aroma of the rain forest. It is a language of the people and reflects their…