The history of the Indigenous people, enslaved Africans, indentured Portuguese, Chinese, and Indian laborers provides an in-depth view of the evolution of the Guyanese people. It provides evidence of their strong cultural identity and reveals their ambitions, sense of direction, and perseverance to strive for well-being and happiness in the best possible life.
A chain of events began in 1953 when British Guiana elected its first native-born leader, Dr. Cheddi Jagan. The British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, suspended British Guiana’s Constitution, ordered the dissolution of the Government, and imprisonment of the elected leader, his wife, and members of his cabinet as they were not compatible to Churchill’s taste.
The United States of America had difficulty appreciating how different forms of government and economic systems are applied in different countries. In 1961, President John F Kennedy ordered his Central Intelligence Agency to subvert the elected leader of British Guiana. The leader fell and the CIA’s men, accomplishing their task, moved on to another. Thirty years later, the fallen leader was again democratically elected to lead his country.
President Kennedy’s ruthless subversion of democracy became the policy for subsequent elections of using the divisive concept of racial and ethnic segregations. The racial and ethnic prejudices have affected the distribution of power, opportunity, and wealth and creating enduring social stratifications.
The children became adults with a poor understanding of how imperialism, the ancestral slaves and indentured laborers influenced their lives and their country, and the powerful and lasting effects they have.
About the author
Ivan A. Ross, a native of Guyana, studied Agriculture at Tuskegee University, Alabama, USA, before joining the Guyana Ministry of Agriculture. He later entered the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, and studied Animal Science and Biochemistry. From 1987 to 2013, he served at the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, as a Biologist in the Division of Toxicological Research. He has published several research articles, primarily dealing with food safety, and three volumes of scientific reference books: Medicinal Plants of the World, Chemical Constituents, Traditional and Modern Medicinal Uses. Other areas of his wide-ranging experience include Lecturer of Agriculture and Rural Development at Gambia College, Gambia, West Africa, and advocating Human Biology in children’s education in the European Union.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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