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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 ...

By GHK Lall As the PPP and PNC struggle with their mutilating histories and presences, I believe that both can learn, if they so desire, and adapt, if they are bold enough, from the English and the Americans. Their records and lessons of history are instructive. The British and Americans fought a war; relations can’t deteriorate to a worst place. ...