In observance of Emancipation Day observed on August 1st the Ethnic Relations Commission hosted a simple cultural programme at it’s secretariat in Georgetown. Colwyn Abrams reports…
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President Granger believes that Emancipation day should be a day of great Social Cohesion. He was at the time speaking on his weekly televised programme the public interest Jessica Daw has the details in this report.
Africans endured enslavement in the Guiana colonies for 200 years before achieving their Emancipation 182 years ago on 1st August 1838. They laid the foundation for the freedoms enjoyed by every Guyanese today. Emancipation was not a generous gift of the European slave-trading empires. Africans resisted enslavement and fought for…
On the Occasion of Emancipation 2022, the Opposition beckoned a passionate call for Afro-Guyanese to lobby for changes that will allow for their betterment. Please see full press release- “HAPPY EMANCIPATION DAY to the Guyanese people. Today marks the 184th anniversary of the abolition of chattel slavery, one of the…
