The Reluctant Siura: short story
This short story is especially gifted to the expectant mother whose child is contemplating its re-entry into the world at a time when it is
Author: Dr Michelle Yaa Asantewa
The Trouble is Silence: Notes of a Guyanese Daughter
For the past few weeks I’ve been wrestling my conscience about engaging with what’s happening in Guyana. I know I’m not alone. I have felt the kind of paralysis no writer should overindulge. This is because there is always criticism about outside ‘interferences’ by Guyanese who live in the diaspora engaging in its affairs. […]
Are you Walter Rodney?
June 2020 marks 40 years since the assassination of Dr Walter Rodney. The following blog post formed the basis of an interview with…
To Guyana with Love: a sankofa
I had planned to go to Guyana later in the year as a kind pilgrimage for my 50th birthday. A prompt from the University of Guyana that I…
Toni Morrison – Mentor and Muse
Out of the blue a friend asked if I knew Toni Morris – yes- they’d omitted the suffix ‘son’. So I said, ‘no, Toni Morrison, not Morris’. ‘Yes, sorry, Morrison – a writer. She has died.’ I was in Guyana at the time and felt my heart racing as I tried not to believe it. […]
Dreams as Universal Consciousness
For Danny “In spiritual philosophy, unity is the foundation of good. In fact, it can be held as synonymous to it. Unity is the working of all things in harmony with each other; working as one; nothing goes beyond its sphere or limits to violate itself or others. Disunity is the arch-principle of evil. We […]
A Song, a Pizza and other Humanities
It was the last few days of autumn when you could still feel a fading summer breeze and the gentle embrace of the sun, not warm enough as…
Black History Walks: the River Cruise, Bus Tour and Blue Plaque
It was impossible to imagine what it would be like. Although riskily scheduled to take place in March (2nd) we could not have anticipated the fair weather which blessed us, bright sunshine, interspersed with a mild breeze but thankfully no rain. Passengers from near and far (local, national and international) lined the pavement at Temple […]
Remembering Reuben
“Hurry up and come back Was the last thing she said to her son The day his life was taken She didn’t know he wouldn’t come back He died from a bullet of a gun And now an a little boy is gone…” I’m a bit ashamed that I have never seen the video to […]
The Huntley Blue Plaque Memorial Tribute: “A community Healing Experience”
Eddie Osei photo, captures the emotion of Eric Huntley moments after the unveiling This post is my personal reflections about the Huntley Blue Plaque Unveiling as one of the event’s organisers. I’ve pinched part of the title from Makeda Coaston, whose congratulations mirrored many we received but this extra bit stuck in my head. She […]