#british guyanese art | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

if-you-fan-a-fire · 2 years

Text

"CANADIAN EDUCATION SOUGHT BY CHINESE SISTERS," Toronto Star. September 29, 1942. Page 3. ---- MODERN MISSES FROM BRITISH GUIANA ADD EXOTIC TOUCH TO U. OF T. CAMPUS ---- Three pretty Chinese girls from British Guiana, the Wong sisters, have come to Toronto to study a variety of subjects at the University of Toronto. Patricia, LEFT, is 22 and is taking up household economics and dancing. Nancy, CENTRE, 17, has enrolled, for a university arts course, and Pamela, RIGHT, is attending the Ontario College of Art. The girls belong to a family which settled in the New World five generations ago.

CANADA SO DIFFERENT SAY CHINESE SISTERS ---- Three From British Guiana Are Here to Study at U. of T. ---- Student guests in Toronto are three little Chinese sisters named Wong. They are residents of British Guiana, and the trio doesn't speak a word of Chinese.

It was five generations ago that the Wongs came out of China and went to British Guiana, They speak with a decided English accent. Two of them. Patricia. 22, and Pamela, 20, have been at school in England for some years. Pamela had hopes of Cambridge. then war came.

"This war does strange things to ail of us," said Patricia, who is here to study home economics, but who loves dancing and music and studies them both in her spare time.

"We arrived in Montreal nearly two months ago and there I was sent to a children's camp." laughed blue black haired Pamela, who looks 15 years at the most.

"I'm going to be a journalist," chimed in the baby, Nancy, 17.

Patricia, a composer and singer of her own music, spent some years at the Royal Academy, of Music. "I have travelled aloue since I was 14, so it is nothing new to me. But Canada is so vastly different," she said.

Pamela is a student at the Ontario College of Art. Nancy is also a university student.

DISCIPLE OF THE DANCE Patricia Wong has always wanted to be an artiste. She attended the Royal Academy of Music in England, but the war decided her parents to keep her on this side of the Atlantic. Now, as shown at RIGHT, she studies dancing under the direction of Boris Volkoff.

#toronto #guyana #british guiana #university students #university of toronto #royal academy of music #Ontario College of Art #british empire #canada during world war 2 #international students #chinese guyanese

0 notes

fahmeenaodetta · 3 months

Text

New Day

Good morning from Linden, Guyana!

Today I am thinking of history. I wrote Caribbean History at CXC (in high school). I enjoyed learning a little French history in French class and some art and Greek history in art class. I remember learning of the French Revolution and the guillotine.

INTERESTING TIDBIT: I am considered a native English speaker because Guyana's official language is English (this is related to the country's history - it used to be called British Guiana). The "everyday language" in Guyana is Creolese, a broken form of English that is like a slang. In my case, I also attended a primary school that educated children of expatriates (associated with the bauxite company in Linden).

Because I grew up in Guyana, I easily communicate with the average Guyanese citizen. I understand Guyanese people from different areas such as the East Bank and East Coast.

#fahmeenaodetta #presidentscollegeguyana #lindenguyana #history

0 notes

heavenboy09 · 6 months

Text

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To The Most Amazing Actresss Of Guyana 🇬🇾 That You Ever Did See Or Heard Of. The Most Marvelous Actress In The MCU & The Sister Of King T'Challa Herself🖤.

She was born on 31 October 1993 in Georgetown, Guyana. She has one brother, Ivan Bombokka. Her family moved to London, England, when she was eight years old, and she attended Northumberland Park Community School. while her brother relocated to Europe.

She is a Guyanese-British actress. She began her career with guest roles in the television series Top Boy, Coming Up, Chasing Shadows, Humans, Doctor Who, and Black Mirror. For the latter, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She then had her breakthrough for her role in the 2015 film Urban Hymn, for which the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) named Wright among the 2015 group of BAFTA Breakthrough Brits.

In 2018, she attained global recognition for her portrayal of SHURI

IN THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE FILM BLACK PANTHER, for which she won an NAACP Image Award and a SAG Award. She reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). In 2019, she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She also appeared in Steve McQueen's 2020 anthology series Small Axe, which earned her a Satellite Award nomination.

On 1 February 2023, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Letters from the University of Guyana at an Extraordinary Convocation Ceremony.

PLEASE WISH

THE SOON TO BE NEW QUEEN OF THE AFRICAN NATION OF WAKANDA 🌍 HERSELF, SHURI

A VERY HAPPY WAKANDAN BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

YOU KNOW HER

YOU LOVE HER 🖤

& YOU JUST CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT HER, UNLESS THERE IS A CHALLENGE DAY

FOR THERE IS NO CHALLENGE TODAY

PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR

THE 1 &

ONLY.

MS. LETITIA WRIGHT🇬🇾 🖤 🌍 AKA PRINCESS 👸🏿 SHURI OF WAKANDA 🌍

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY TO YOU 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 MS. WRIGHT & HERES TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME

LETITIA FOREVER 🖤🙅🏿‍♂️

#LetitiaWright #Shuri #BlackPanther #WakandaForever

#Letita Wright #Shuri #Black Panther #Wakanda Forever #Spotify

1 note · View note

whatisonthemoon · 1 year

Text

UC member Barbara Burrowes had connections to the CIA-sponsored fascist dictatorship of Guyana

The following excerpts were originally posted on the old WIOTM by "Don Diligent" posted on the old WIOTM on December 10, 2016. (WIOTM archive link)

▲ Barbara Burrowes Van Praag

Barbara Burrowes - August 1970

(In 1962) NATO called me for a job which was never before given to a civilian. After three years, the job ceased, so I left for Rome.

Barbara Burrowes - July 16, 1971

Today is my seventieth day in Guyana and quite a lot has transpired since my arrival on May 1st…I am working at the National History and Arts Council, a division of the Ministry of Information and Culture. It covers all branches of the arts as well as archaeological findings, Government celebrations etc.

Barbara Burrowes - March 22, 1972

While in Washington our Leader instructed me to send two young men to Washington for IFVC training.

Barbara Burrowes - July 19, 1972

The Guyanese Family is increasing although I would like the rate to be much faster. Some of the young people are jobless so I have to use some influence and get the employment.

Barbara Burrowes - February 1973

On January 19th, the Family entertained visitors with a film show by the British Council at the Center. After the show there was some valuable give and take with ourfriends who were encouraged to return and listen to Divine Principle.

There were two articles about the Family in the Government owned ‘Sunday Chronicle’. The first article was very well written and photos were displayed on the whole middle page of the newspaper. The second article was not as good because many erroneous statements were made, but Barbara was allowed to insert a letter correcting same. This letter and the first article have been the talk of the nation for weeks and many people are beginning to respond positively.

Diane Ngui-Yen, radio reporter, actress and friend of the Family interviewed all the members of the Family. Members were asked what made them accept Divine Principleand why they decided to live in the Center, among other questions. This also stimulated many listeners to visit the Center.

Barbara Burrowes - May 1973

We have a lady lawyer who, after having accepted Principle, has been able to bring many people, clients and her staff, to accept Principle.

Barbara Burrowes - November 1973

Barbara Burrowes…formed the “Unified Family Singers.” Dr. Beryl Simon, the mayor of Georgetown, invited the singers to give a special concert for underprivileged children. They sang at Saint George’s Cathedral, the largest wooden structure in the world, with the President of the Republic among their listeners.

October saw the first semi-public meeting of the International Federation for Victory Over Communism, a national conference of Unified Family leaders, and open house for friends.

Barbara Burrowes - October 1985 - Our Mission in Guyana – A Brief History

During that first year I witnessed to many important people – including the prime minister of Guyana, who wanted to assign me to a special government mission.

I was interviewed by several reporters, so through both the radio and the newspapers people were informed…

August 1980 - Guyana: THE FACES BEHIND THE MASKS

For obvious reasons, given the situation described below, the author of this article, who has spent considerable time in Guyana, must remain anonymous.

Guyana’s history during the last twenty years is replete with duplicity and bizarre occurrences, many of which have been directly linked to covert CIA operations. In addition,Guyana’s Prime Minister Burnham, and his People’s National Congress Party have become accomplished at the arts of deceit, dirty tricks, covert operations, and political violence in their efforts to maintain themselves in power and privilege.

The 1961 elections were marked by further Colonial Office gerrymandering and fierce campaigning that was aided by U.S. dollars channelled through the CIA-linked Christian Anti-Communist Crusade…

On November 18, 1978, U.S. Representative Leo J. Ryan and four of his party were gunned down under the noses of Guyana Defence Force personnel and soon the world and later Guyana was to hear the horror of the Jonestown massacre.

Despite the sensational murders and “suicides” resulting in at least 914 deaths, there has been no investigation by Guyanese officials and only half-hearted prosecution of chief suspect Larry Layton. He was recently acquitted in a Georgetown court on attempted murder charges and many say he will never have to face trial for his role in the killings of Ryan, those in his party, or the hundreds of others at the People’s Temple. (Charles Beikman, the only other person to face charges related to Jonestown, has been sentenced to only two years for his throat slashing of Sharon Amos and her three children.) Defense Attorney for the cult killers is none other than Rex McKay, who has reportedly taken a sizeable fee and made large investments in the U.S.

The Jonestown death camp and related controversy, including the existence of a People’s Temple hit team, will probably never be fully explained. However, persistent rumors and abundant loose ends have led to the recent reopening of U.S. Congressional hearings intoCIA linkages with the People’s Temple. The following is a partial list of some of the factors which have fed flames of controversy.

• Ryan aide Joe Holsinger reports that a White House official told him on the night of the Ryan murder that there was a CIA report from the scene.

• Large supplies of sophisticated behavior modification drugs were found in Jonestown.

• Jonestown also was well supplied with sophisticated arms.

• Unduly large amounts of cash’ were found in the camp.

• A number of Jonestown residents were U.S. criminals on probation or parole.

• Larry Layton’s father, who admits pouring cash into the People’s Temple, was a U.S. government bio-chemist, raising the spectre of MK-ULTRA.

• First reports indicated only 300 dead and one week later the world learned of the 914 person death toll. We are asked to believe that 600-plus bodies were hidden under 300!

• The Justice Department attorney picked to handle the investigation, William Hunter, “coincidentally” had a personal relationship with Timothy Stoen, the former San Francisco Assistant District Attorney who for a time was Jim Jones’s right-hand man.

• Leo Ryan’s name appears in “Who’s Who in the CIA” by Julius Mader.

• The removal of the bodies was conducted by U.S. military personnel.

The list is endless and for the Guyanese and American people, there is little likelihood that the truth will ever reach the surface. In Guyana, the Jonestown tragedy served to focus attention on other cult groups with similar deals involving the Burnham government. These include the Moonies, a Black group from Brooklyn, New York called The East, as well as the House of Israel. The latter is a largely Guyanese cult led by a fugitive North American who calls himself Rabbi Emmanuel Washington.

Those looking for answers about Jonestown should know that the Guyanese official selected to investigate the matter is none other than the faithful Chancellor Crane, who to this day has yet to convene his first hearing on the grisly massacre.

February 1980 marked the promulgation of the new PNC constitution and the publication of still another secret deal between Burnham and CIA-linked forces. It was revealed that in October 1979, the PNC had concluded a deal with a consortium of right wing U.S. religious groups headed by Franklin Graham (Billy’s son) for a massive resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees from Thailand to the Yarikita region of Guyana near the Jonestown camp.

These were no ordinary refugees, but were in fact the remnants of the once powerful Laotian Hmong (formerly called Meo) army which was recruited by and fought for the CIA under Colonel Edward Lansdale, Hugh Tovar, Edgar “Pop” Buell, and others in the secret war in Laos.

Nor were they religious groups of the ordinary variety. They counted among their number elements of the Summer Institute of Linguistics/ Wycliffe bible translators, which has been named as a CIA front by Time magazine.

For Guyanese with a bloody history of CIA destablization, the plan was too much and widespread opposition forced the temporary postponement of this scheme to import a 40,000-strong mercenary army.

At the end of February 1980, James Mentore, head of the Special Branch and assistant Police Commissioner was fired for “leaking information to the opposition.” His dismissal and subsequent disappearance has led to much speculation as to his fate. Mentore, who received little attention by the U.S. media, has much to tell. As Security Chief he holds information that could unravel the Jonestown mystery as well as document the connections between Guyana government repression and U.S. assistance there-to. While many Guyanese suspect his disappearance can be traced to a death squad sanitizing operation, other rumors indicate his presence in the Washingotn, D.C. area as recently as June. It is known that CIA officer James Lee Adkins (named in CAIB Number 9) sought contacts with WPA members immediately following Mentore’s disappearance, ostensibly seeking information concerning the Security Chiefs whereabouts. These attempted contacts were rebuffed and the true purpose of the CIA man’s inquiry is not clear.

there is growing evidence of a well-organized network of PNC supporters in this country who continue to do the bidding of their Guyana-based masters and who finance activity with illicit drug sales. The center of the cover drug and goonsquad operations appears to be New York City and involves elements of a Guyana ex-police organization and the remnants of a New York cult. Green and McClean have made repeated visits since the assassination and are reported to have conferred with elements of the above groups in Brooklyn.

While many U.S. citizens and organizations have joined the growing condemnation of Guyana’s repressive regime, these sentiments have not been echoed by the official Washington establishment. To the contrary…the IMF and World Bank proudly announced a special joint funding package totaling 100-plus million dollars and support for a multi-billion dollar hydro-power aluminum smelter scheme slated for Guyana’s Upper Mazarumi district. These events have been heralded by the Washington Post as “good news for the Caribbean.”

Thus, with masks removed the face of imperialism is revealed and the stage is set for the final phase of the struggle by Guyana’s people against the Burnham dictatorship and the U.S. agencies which installed and have maintained it for sixteen years!

Related links below

Mind Control U.S.A. (1979)

Ex-‘Moonies’ Tell of Suicide Options (1979)

Introvigne’s Jonestown

Private Armies of Mindanao (2010)

Drugs and death squads: The CIA connection (1989)

Was the CIA Behind the Jonestown Massacre? (2022)

0 notes

lboogie1906 · 2 years

Photo

Letitia Michelle Wright (born October 31, 1993) is a Guyanese-British actress. Beginning her professional career in 2011, she has played roles in Black Panther and several British TV series, including Top Boy, Coming Up, Chasing Shadows, Humans, the Doctor Who episode "Face the Raven" and the Black Mirror episode "Black Museum"; for the latter, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts named her among the 2015 group of BAFTA Breakthrough Brits for her role in the award-winning film Urban Hymn. She achieved global recognition for her portrayal of Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther. She reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, the latter of which is the highest-grossing film of all time. In 2019, she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CkYJvSCLF9B/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

0 notes

zoemeanslife · 2 years

Text

44 notes · View notes

oncanvas · 5 years

Photo

Middle Passage, Frank Bowling, 1970

Synthetic polymer paint, silkscreen ink, spray paint, wax crayon, and graphite on canvas 122.25 x 122.25 in. (310.5 x 310.5 cm) The Menil Collection, Houston, TX, USA

#art #painting #frank bowling #abstract expressionism #contemporary art #modern art #black artists #20th century #1970s #silkscreen #spray paint #crayon #graphite #acrylic #guyanese #british #menil collection #artists of color

91 notes · View notes

sexypinkon · 2 years

Link

S E X Y P I N K

I am a huge fan. I saw his work a few years ago and did my best to take some discrete pictures in the gallery.

#sexypink/Hew Locke #sexypink/British Guyanese Artist #tumblr/Hew Locke #tumblr/Caribbean Artists overseas #Royal Academy of Arts

1 note · View note

ayquebella · 6 years

Text

Vintage Guyana / British Guiana Sterling Silver & Light Blue Enamel Travel Charm by Thomas L. Mott

Adorable charm with vivid light blue enamel that adorns this sterling silver travel charm representing “the land of many waters,” Guyana, formerly known as British Guiana. This petite charm emphasizes the beautiful, South American country with a red enamel outline of Guyana. This terrific charm is in excellent condition with a very rich, natural patina on the back side. This wonderful charm will look adorable on your favorite charm bracelet or necklace!

2 notes · View notes

jareckiworld · 2 years

Photo

Aubrey Williams (1926-1990) — Tick Bird [oil on canvas, 1979]

#Aubrey Williams #guyanese artist #british art #birds in art #ornithology

100 notes · View notes

mixdgrlproblems · 2 years

Photo

Are you a fan of #Bridgerton? Did you know Queen Charlotte is #biracial? What a way to break glass ceilings for #biracialwomen! Queen Charlotte is played by Golda Rosheuvel. Shes a #Guyanese #British actress and singer. She is known for her theatre work and a number of on-screen roles, most prominently for the portrayal of Queen Charlotte in Netflix's Bridgerton. She was born in #Guyana to a Guyanese father and an #English mother. "I am of a #dualheritage; my mother was White, English, and my father Black, Guyanese. And all my career, because of the color of my skin, I have played Black roles. Representing my father, I’ve done that. But to represent my mother’s side who is White, that is quite a unique opportunity. I get to be involved in a period drama that I never really saw myself doing because there weren’t any Black people being cast in those roles. So, to get the opportunity to play a Queen, I celebrate that.” Her stage credits including Porgy and Bess, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, Romeo and Juliet, Angels in America, Bad Girls: The Musical, and Jesus Christ Superstar. In 2018, she played a lesbian Othello! She's also an out and proud #lesbian IRL. Her partner is writer Shireen Mula. She is Patron of An Tobar and Mull Theatre, a multi art form creative hub on the Hebridean island of Mull, which is off the West Coast of Scotland. Read her glass ceilings article at the link in her bio! 🇬🇾🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈 #mixedgirl https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb3Js7SOVxO/?utm_medium=tumblr

#bridgerton #biracial #biracialwomen #guyanese #british #guyana #english #dualheritage #lesbian #mixedgirl

8 notes · View notes

keemahperspective22 · 3 years

Text

Author Derek Walcott was one of the most distinguished and influential Caribbean authors who created literature that expressed their relationships with Caribbean culture and the condition of the Caribbean people. In his 1986 poem, “Ruins of a Great House”, Walcott tells a descriptive and vivid synopsis of the darkness that overshadowed the Caribbean Island. In his poem, he uses language that suggests the condition of the environment and the state of the inhabitants of the Caribbean during the 20th century. The selected language used in his poems like disjecta membra, leprosy, exiled, slave, and dead are terms that alluded to the devastation of the Caribbean Islands. The touristic, beautiful, and ‘great’ place has in fact fell into a sunken place. Writers like Walcott use their literature to document how the Caribbean Islanders became engulfed in darkness. The Saint Lucian native doesn’t look to define what Caribbean Literature is, but he shared how his existence and disconnect from the mainland has left him and his peers engulfed in darkness with a glimmer of hope to be rescued from the shadows of colonialism. “In memory ancestral murders and poets, more perplexed In memory now by every ulcerous crime. The world’s green age then was a rotting lime whose stench became the charnel galleon’s text. The rot remains with us, the men are gone.” (Walcott 1986, 19-21) While Walcott's poem, “Ruins of a Great House”, does not lead to a clear definition of What Caribbean Literature is now, Walcott’s fragmented poem reflects the fragmented state of the institutional conditions of the Caribbean Island and its isolation from African and American history and literature.

Meanwhile Author Mahadai Das's poem, “They Came in Ships” takes a historical approach to documenting the immigration, slave trade, and exploitation of colonialism in Guyana. In her 17th century poem, Das documents how colonialism affected the Guyanese, the enslaved, and the ‘brown’ people who were victims of war. Das reflects on her own family’s history to draw connections and a source of reference to the injustice experienced in her own culture. As a result of her own reflection, Das uses her literature as a form of activism to stand up for oppressed people in Guyana. Das’s poetry is not only used to document history but it was used to prepare her for future events. In Das’s book, A Leaf In There Ear, she describes how she uses history to determine patterns in future events. “I do not forget the past that has moulded the present. The present is a caterer for the future.” (Das 2010) Das’s reflection on slavery and the British Crown's involvement in slavery and breakdown of the Guyanese identity from the black culture had a huge impact on her decision to align with black people and fight injustice. In Das’s search for the truth, she pledges allegiance to her blackness. Das’s poem, “They Came in Ships”, is a declaration of loyalty to her black ancestors and her vow to show support and document the truth against colonialism and slavery.

While these texts can be used as historical information on colonialism and oppression in the Caribbean islands, the literature itself does not solely define Caribbean Literature. It is only a page in many untold stories. Caribbean authors are writing literature that will be recognized for more than just voices of activism, but for people who want to come out of the shadows of darkness to expose the light. These people are some of those who’ve been lost in transit through the slave trade, migration, and immigration. I have yet to find the meaning of Caribbean Literature now. However, their works of art leave a trail of stories that demonstrate a connection to people in the world.

Artist are including music to demonstrate how social class systems and colonialism has destroyed the economic state of black people. Legendary Calypso singer Black Stalin is a Trinidadian and Tobago musician is known for making music that speaks against colonialism and poverty. In his song Suffers, Stalin sings about the effects of colonialism, social class, and poverty. The rhythmic tune is melodic and soulful. The tunes are known to make one move their body out of depressed states. Listed below is a link to enjoy the tunes of the Caribbean.

Caribbean Literature now, is surrounded by musical tunes, literature, and activism that focuses on ratifying the social and economic status of Caribbean people and eliminating poverty.

https://youtu.be/7suUKcjnRk4

Works Cited

Das, Mahadai. 2010. "They Came In Ships." In A Leaf in His Ear: Collected Poems. , by Mahadai Das, 25-27. Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree Press.

Walcott, Derek. 1986. "Ruins of a Great House." ProQuest. Accessed September 2, 2021. https://login.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/login/url=?url=https://www.proquest.com/books/runs-great-house/docview/docview/2148005729/sec2?accountid=13626.

2 notes · View notes