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OPINION: The attempted co-optation of African Emancipation celebrations: A Guyana perspective

by Dr Nigel Westmaas The commemoration of African emancipation in Guyana has increasingly transformed into a spectacle, where the central focus is on state sponsors and state presence rather than the historical and cultural significance of the event itself. The image of political leaders of the state dancing or prancing at the forefront of such events shifts the narrative from ...

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