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Bernie Grant (1944–2000) British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament for Tottenham, London, from 1987 to his death in 2000. Born Georgetown, British Guiana [6] Eddy Grant (born 1948), Guyanese-born singer and musician [7] Meiling Jin (born 1956), Guyanese-born writer [8]
British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies. It was located on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. [2] [page needed] The first known Europeans to encounter Guiana were Sir Walter Raleigh, an English explorer, and his crew.
Sportspeople from British Guiana (4 C) W. ... Pages in category "British Guiana people" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total.
Matthew James Higgins (1810–1868), British writer, he lived part time in British Guiana; Edgar Mittelholzer (1909–1965), novelist; Walter Rodney (1942–1980), politician, activist and historian; Ivan Van Sertima (1935–2009) Guyanese-born British Africanist and academic; A. J. Seymour (1914–1989), writer, editor, and publisher
In British Guiana, the Moyne Commission questioned a wide range of people, including trade unionists, Afro-Guyanese professionals, and representatives of the Indo-Guyanese community. The commission pointed out the deep division between the country's two largest ethnic groups, the Afro-Guyanese and the Indo-Guyanese.
The governor of British Guiana was the Crown representative in British Guiana. The office existed from 1831 when the colonies of Demerara-Essequibo (see Demerara and Essequibo (colony) ) and Berbice united as British Guiana until 1966 when Guyana attained independence.
Even as the only English-speaking country in South America, the majority of people in Guyana speak Guyanese Creole informally. Standard English, i.e. British English spelling and pronunciation, is used for all business and education and is typically consistently spoken by members of the upper and upper-middle class. [12]
The next day, on 9 October, the British administration suspended the constitution of British Guiana and troops were deployed. [17] The queen had signed the order to dispatch troops on 4 October. On 9 October, a contingent of Royal Welsh Fusiliers arrived in Georgetown on HMS Superb, and Jagan was dismissed from his position [11] and arrested. [14]