Category: Diaspora Column
Oil aspirations and the curse of neocolonial governance
By Percy C. Hintzen Percy Hintzen is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley and Professor of Global and Sociocultural Studies and Director of African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University. He is a Guyanese sociologist who focuses on postcolonial political economy, globalization, and migration. He is a specialist on the Caribbean....
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The dignified life in Guyana – Respecting women, gays, young people, migrants and keeping the oil in the ground?
Vidyaratha Kissoon lives in Guyana. This article is an edited version of his blogpost that appeared on August 19: https://churchroadman.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-dignified-life-in-guyana-respecting.html Afternoon of a Sunday which started with a lot of rain and there is a gathering of people to talk about the right to dignified lives in Guyana. Dignified life far from my mind as...
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Is Guyana in control of its ‘Oil Dorado’?
By Phil Miller Phil Miller is a British investigative journalist based in London. He works as a reporter for the Morning Star newspaper and writes freelance for other publications. You can follow his work at http://www.PhilMiller.info Guyana’s High Commission in London threw open its doors on Thursday night to tell investors about the country’s newly...
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Guyana’s oil boom: An opportunity for bold environmental activism
By Tyrone Hall Tyrone Hall is a Caribbean national with nearly a decade of experience managing some of the region’s leading environmental initiatives. He is currently a Vanier and Ontario Trillium Scholar and PhD Candidate at York University. His research seeks to optimize environmental communication across indigenous and traditional communities in the Pacific, Southeast Asia...
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We got oil! Realizing change in Guyana and the role of Diaspora Hometown Associations
By Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is professor, State University of New York, Empire State College. A former lecturer at the University of Guyana, his recently published book is “English Speaking Caribbean Immigrants: Transnational Identities”. He writes on Diaspora issues. The nation of Guyana has been in the news lately for good reasons. Stained by the...
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Walter Rodney’s ideas and the long shadow of ExxonMobil on Guyana’s future
By: Wazir Mohamed & Mark Chatarpal Dr. Wazir Mohamed is a former activist and co-leader of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA). He is now an Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University (IU), East. Dr. Mohamed holds a B.S. in Communication from the University of Guyana, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Binghamton...
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