Stories about Guyana from March, 2008
Guyana: Walking Trees?
Guyana-Gyal will believe anything…except that.
Guyana: Baccoo
Guyana-Gyal says that “bandits is the new baccoo” – one of the most feared creatures in Guyanese folklore.
Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana: Dhal
Lifespan of a Chennette blogs about Dhal (a beloved dish of both Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana) and posts a helpful recipe.
Guyana: Learning to Live
“The confusion I come to is this – something new growing in we the people”: Guyana-Gyal says that her fellow Guyanese are “learning to live despite the threats of badness, despite the thought that any minute, Fine Man and he pack can savage again.”
Guyana: Commonweath Writers’ Prize
Signifyin’ Guyana notes that among the regional winners of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize “was Guyanese-born, Nigerian-based Karen King-Aribisala for Best Book.”
Barbados: Easter Traditions
Living in Barbados blogs about Easter traditions in the Caribbean.
Guyana: Firsts
Guyana-Gyal gets “first”ed.
Guyana: Rumours
Guyana-Gyal considers going into the business of rumour-mongering.
Guyana: Threads that Bind
“Sometimes we life is one unending seam, same colour, same strand, same stitch, not varying in size. Then suddenly the thread snap and…”: Guyana-Gyal discovers a “delightful variation” from her daily routine.
Guyana: At the Ready
Living Guyana is not getting much sleep these days…
Guyana: On the Alert
As the sister of the man suspected in the two Guyana massacres is murdered, Living Guyana says: “This spells some serious trouble for the ordinary citizens of the nation.”
Guyana: Hedonism Too?
Guyana-Gyal spends a hedonistic moment in the tropics…almost.
Guyana: The Art of Living
Guyana-Gyal has not blogged since the massacre in Lusignan, but she's back, stronger and braver than ever before: “…Though I am furious about them murders, though I am full of grief, I ain’t feeling that horrible, heart-thumping fear that does grip me.”
Guyana: Land of Fear
Living Guyana remembers the days before Guyana was a “land of fear”.