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A Dream Deferred
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Guyanese Identity
and the Shadow of Colonialism
by
Stephen Spencer
price:
UK pounds £7.99
paperback 96 pages
288 x 152
ISBN 1 87051877 2
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This concise book examines the social,
cultural and political aspects of Guyana’s recent troubled history. Divisive
colonialism has created a land of contradictions; in the 1950s the promise
of a more united freedom was snatched away by British colonial interests and
the USA’s Cold War ambitions.
Yet despite the polarised ethnic and
political divisions the Guyanese display a remarkable ability to cross
boundaries and meld complex cultures.
These reflections on the struggle to expel
the colonial shadow are based on interviews with political figures (like
Jagan and Kwayana) and academics (including Clive Thomas and John Le Guerre)
as well as the insights of ordinary Guyanese people.
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