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WIKITONGUES- Sandra speaking English and Guyanese Creole. Guyana's culture reflects its European history as it was colonized by both the Dutch and French before becoming a British colony. Guyana (known as British Guiana under British colonial rule), gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 and subsequently became a republic in 1970.
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After the independence of Guyana from the United Kingdom, in 1966, Guyanese immigration to the United States increased dramatically.Political and economic uncertainty, and the internal strife two years earlier as well as a radical change in US immigration policy opening up opportunities to non-Europeans prompted many Guyanese who could make the move to seek opportunities abroad.
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Ireland (Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ⓘ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), [a] is a country in Northwestern Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. [4]
By the early twentieth century, the majority of the urban population of the country was Afro-Guyanese. [9] Many Afro-Guyanese people living in villages had migrated to the towns in search of work. [9] Until the 1930s, Afro-Guyanese people, especially those of mixed descent, comprised the bulk of the non-white professional class. [9]