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Great (deceased) Guyanese
ok, let's go - Walter Rodney
forbes
In reply to camos
Guess you never lived under Forbes?
Edgar Mittelholzer....
Great Fiction Writer... I need to re-read some of his books...
Shirley Chisholm
Cheddie Jagan - leader of the people
In reply to Curtis
Dr. Orrin Barrow - stewarded, supported, mentored countless UWI students (for decades) through med school
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In reply to pelon
I'm not sure how Guyanese would view Lewis Bob...Dr Lewis Bobb as we all thought of him... and his influence on the Guyanese diaspora.
Political Science 101, UWI St Augustine, the man opened a lot of young eyes to the machinations of society, the worst and the best of politics. This one time we had an India Indian girl in class and she attempted to dispute his views on class and structure. He wove a nice tale about the evolution of the caste/class structure in India to make the point..he used her surname to illustrate...needless to say she developed a healthy respect for this little wisp of a man.
Apart from him, Walter Rodney and Clive Lloyd...I'm in the dark to the muddies.
I wont mention Burnham...or Jaggan.
In reply to pelon
Kenrick Orrin Evan was indeed a great man.Titular Head of the Guyanese professionals in Jamaica for decades since his sojourn there in 1957.Doctor to the mighty (Manley and Burnham) as well as the masses.He treated both with respect and care.A man for all seasons,comfortable playing the steel pan and listening to the classics. A classical scholar,one moment quoting Keats and Shelley and the next telling some buttu to Kerry his *^&#NT.Teaching medical students and residents the finer points of medical diagnoses while imbuing them with the art of medicine and imploring them to treat their patients as they would their own families.
To quote Salt and Pepper
WHAT A MAN WHAT A MAN WHAT A MIGHTY GOOD MAN!!!!
In reply to Dukes
Cheers bro. I miss him dearly. We spoke every evening for years. And no joke: every evening. He did not suffer fools lightly, but had all the time in the world to help anyone willing to do the work, put in the effort... and listen. He quietly did so much for the diaspora.... much of it away from the spotlight.
Classics from OB that have become my defaults:
"what you lose on the rounders, you gain on the swings"
"if you are in a position to help someone, it is your duty to do so"
Lawd....
In reply to Curtis
I always thought Sidney Poitier was a Guyanese. It turns out he is from Bahamas. Eddie Grant is noted as a great musician. Walter Rodney was great for all of us. So too Clive LLoyd. Chrissy, I believe she might be a born Guyanese too and in my book she is great.
just a minor point, we were looking at deceased, but we could open it up if we can't find too many of those
LARR did announce Chrissy's demise a while back, so she qualifies on both fronts
In reply to methodic
Am, er.... it's "Great (deceased) Guyanese"
alive and well, REDS Perreira
Jan Rynveld Carew
In reply to Curtis
good that you opened it up. It is better to honor people while they alive.
Sir Lionel Alfred Luckhoo KCMG CBE QC (2 March 1914 12 December 1997)
Is greatness mainly based on education achievement or sporting accomplishments?
who are the great people from the working class or who are not sportsmen or well-educated (academically)??
Olga Lopes Seale - Aunty Olga
In reply to Curtis
in November 1929 as Shirley turned five, she and her two sisters were sent to Barbados to live with their maternal grandmother, Emaline Seale. There they lived on the grandmother's farm in the Vauxhall village in Christ Church, where she attended a one-room schoolhouse that took education seriously. She did not return to the United States until May 19, 1934, aboard the SS Nerissa in New York.
In reply to Curtis
These people are some of the geatest
In reply to che
kinda remind you of the currently famous Bajan, don't it?
Roy Fredericks.
In reply to Curtis
she bajan, Olga
In reply to Curtis
r u sure that Mr ST hill was not bajan
B. L. Crombie. ..broadcaster
Bruiser Thomas
In reply to Curtis
Shirley was Bajan
Dr. Phil Edwards - first West Indian to win an Olympic medal - won five bronze 1928, 1932, 1936 - ran for Canada.
Phil switched from NYU to McGill to run for Canada since the US wouldn't let him run for them. He worked with PAHO.
His sister Lucille Chance - second Afro female to be called to the bar in New York - owned the first black real estate agency in New York. Her last daughter still runs it.
In reply to Chrissy
Good One
In reply to Curtis
Two
In reply to Chrissy
Half Bajan half Guyanese.
In reply to Elsie
Edgar Mittelholzer....
Great Fiction Writer... I need to re-read some of his books.
Corentyne Thunder...excellent book
on another note
Martin Carter
"This Is The Dark Time, My Love"
I remember being about 7 or 8 and hearing this at the NCC during Primary School Dramatization competitions. I used to say this was way better than any H.W. Longfellow i was "forced" to do for comprehension at that time.
In reply to eXodus
Martin Carter was born in my parents village, think he also taught there
In reply to Curtis
Coffy or Cuffy....
'Coffy lived in Lilienburg, a plantation on the Canje River, as a house-slave for a cooper (barrel maker). An uprising broke out at Magdalenenburg plantation, upper Canje River, in February 1763 and moved on to neighbouring plantations, attacking owners. When Governor Van Hogenheim sent military assistance to the region, the rebellion had reached the Berbice River and was moving steadily towards the Berbice capital, Fort Nassau. They took gunpowder and guns from the attacked plantations. By 3 March the rebels were 500 in number. Led by Cosala, they tried to take the brick house of Peerboom. They agreed to allow the whites to leave the brick house, but as soon they left, the rebels killed many and took several prisoners, among them the wife of the Bearestyn Plantation owner, whom Cuffy kept as his wife. Cuffy was soon accepted by the rebels as their leader and declared himself Governor of Berbice. Doing so he named Akara as his deputy and tried to establish discipline over the troops. Accabre was skilful in military discipline. They organized the farms in order to provide food supplies. Van Hoogenheim committed himself to retake the colony. Akara attacked the whites three times without permission from Cuffy, but they were driven back. Thus began a dispute among the two rebels. On 2 April 1763 Cuffy wrote to Van Hoogenheim saying that he did not want a war against the whites and proposed a partition of Berbice with the whites occupying the coastal areas and the blacks the interior. Van Hoogenheim delayed his decision waiting for support from neighboring colonies. Cuffy then ordered his forces to attack the whites on 13 May 1763, but in so doing had many losses. The defeat opened a division among the rebels and weakened their organization. Akara became the leader of a new faction opposed to Cuffy and led to a civil war among themselves. When Akara won, Cuffy killed himself.'
Cuffy's statue replaced that of Victoria (Queen) - where is that again? Botanical Gardens?
In reply to Curtis
That is FALSE.
Queen Victoria's Statue was on High Street outside the Court,while Cuffy's Statue is at a completely different location next to "The Residence" near to the Office of the President.
In reply to Dukes
My bad. I know Victoria statue was taken down. It's been a while...there was some fuss when it was taken down and I thought the fuss was the replacement.
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ER Braithwaite a great Guyanese passes on. RIP
In reply to Narper
Deceased is the difference now...yuh gotta be pushing up daisies to get a mention
But good names on Idi thread
In reply to Curtis
Jack Gladstone...remember him?
'Jack was a cooper on the plantation. As a slave who did not work under a driver, he enjoyed considerable freedom to roam about. He was a free spirit, and passionate man who despised limitations on his freedom; he was aware of the debate about slavery in Britain, and was made extremely listless by rumours of emancipation papers arriving from London. Jack was tall and debonair, and possessed "European features" he stood at six feet two inches, was intelligent, and had a reputation as a "wild fellow". Jack had been baptised, was occasionally a "teacher", but was not a regular churchgoer because he was too restless to follow church rules. He had taken Susanna, a slave on "Le Resouvenir" who was on Rev. Smith's congregation, to his wife. However, in April 1812, Quamina had found out that she had become the mistress of John Hamilton, the manager at 'Le Resouvenir'. Rev. Smith reacted angrily, and she was expelled her from the flock by unanimous vote when she had refused to terminate the relationship. When Susanna left, Jack married a slave on Chateau Margo plantation, but would continue to have relations with several other women on the same plantation, to the disdain of both the owner of Margo and the manager at Success. Da Costa puts Jack's age at around 30 at the time of the rebellion. Following the arrival of news from Britain that measures aimed at improving the treatment of slaves in the colonies had been passed, Jack had heard a rumour that their masters had received instructions to set them free but were refusing to do so. He wrote a letter (signing his father's name) to the members of the chapel informing them of the "new law". Meanwhile, his father Quamina supported the idea of a peaceful strike, and made the fellow slaves promise not to use violence. Jack led tens of thousands of slaves to raise up against their masters. The very low number of white deaths is proof that the uprising was largely peaceful Plantation owners, managers and their families were locked up and not harmed. After the slaves' defeat in a major battle at "Bachelor's Adventure", Jack fled into the woods. A "handsome reward" of one thousand guilder was offered for his capture. Jack and Quamina remained at large until Jack and his wife were captured by Capt. McTurk at "Chateau Margo". Leading up to it, McTurk had received information on 6 September from a slave about Jack's whereabouts; there was a three-hour standoff. Quamina evaded capture for several days longer. At its end, and the slaves' defeat, hundreds of slaves were executed as ringleaders, including Quamina. Jack Gladstone was sold and deported to Saint Lucia. His legacy was to help bring attention to the plight of sugar plantation slaves, accelerating the abolition of slavery.'
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In reply to mikesiva
Would you consider it ironic that a St. Lucian descendant of Jack Gladstone would mock a Guyanese descendant of Jack Gladstone or vice-versa???
In reply to Curtis
She was the owner of Karanambu, a 100-square mile former cattle ranch, in North Rupununi, Region Nine.
She was written up in several magazines and has been honored locally by the tourism bodies.
The otter lady, Diane McTurk, passes away
In reply to Dukes
No comment...cockroach don't business in a fowl fight!
"Edward Ricardo Braithwaite (June 27, 1912 December 12, 2016), publishing as E. R. Braithwaite, was a Guyanese-born British-American novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat, best known for his stories of social conditions and racial discrimination against black people. He was the author of the 1959 autobiographical novel To Sir, With Love, which was made into a 1967 British drama film of the same title, starring Sidney Poitier and Lulu."
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Philip Aaron "Phil" Edwards, MD was a Canadian and Guyanese track and field athlete who competed in middle-distance events. Nicknamed the "Man of Bronze", he was Canada's most-decorated Olympian and the first Black Canadian man to win a trophy at what are now known as the Commonwealth Games. He was the first-ever winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's top athlete. He went on to serve as a captain in the Canadian army and as a highly regarded physician and expert of tropical disease
Steven Camacho
John P. Bennett
Died at 97 (1914-2011)
John Peter Bennett was Guyanese priest and linguist. A Lokono, in 1949, he was the first Amerindian in Guyana to be ordained as an Anglican priest and canon. His linguistic work centred on preserving his native Arawak language and other Amerindian languages; he wrote An Arawak-English Dictionary.
In reply to Curtis
Jack Gladstone's father?
'Quamina remained at large until he was captured on 16 September in the fields of Chateau Margo. He was executed, and his body was hung up in chains by the side of a public road in front of "Success". The very low number of white deaths is proof that the uprising was largely peaceful plantation owners, managers and their families were locked up and not harmed. Hundreds of slaves died during the various battles and skirmishes during the revolt, or were executed as "ringleaders". Jack Gladstone was sold and deported to Saint Lucia. The rebellion helped bring attention to the plight of sugar plantation slaves, accelerating the full abolition of slavery. Quamina is considered a national hero in Guyana. In 1985 the post-independence Guyana renamed Murray Street in Georgetown named for former Demerara Lieutenant Governor John Murray (18131824) who was in charge of the colony during the unrest and rebellion Quamina Street in his honour. A monument to him was erected at the junction of Quamina and Carmichael Streets. He is equally depicted in a mural in the dome at the headquarters of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) building in Water Street, Georgetown.'
Quamina is an Ashanti/Akan name, so he must have come from the same "Coromantee" tribes that produced the 18th century Maroons in Jamaica.
In reply to mikesiva
Great history...thanks...Jack must have been liked to be deported rather than killed.
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