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GUYANA
Worth Looking For
Amerindian Legends of Guyana
• Ishmael Odeen
LITERATURE •
1995 •
PAPER
• 101 PAGES
• COMING IN
A collection of twenty stories of the Amerindians, the first people to inhabit the South American country of Guyana. These stories tell of the deeds of folk heroes and give the reader a clear understanding of some of the myths, traditions and folklore surrounding the lives of these proud people. The Amerindians comprise roughly five percent of the Guyanese population and they live mainly in the forest and savannah regions of the interior of the country. The author has written extensively on Guyanese and Caribbean history and culture. He is currently Guyana's Ambassador to the United States of America and also his country's Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, positions to which he was appointed since 1993.
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Travels in British Guiana, 1840-1844
• Robert Schomburgk
EXPLORATION •
HARD COVER
Robert Schomburgk's account of his travels in Guiana between 1835 and 1844 on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society is especially interesting for its depcition of the Amerindian peoples. Schomburgk was rewarded a knighthood for his work in the region upon his return in 1844.
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The Ventriloquist's Tale
• Pauline Melville
LITERATURE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 357 PAGES
• COMING IN
Desire and disguise; identity and culture; superstition and reason -- these are only some of the grounds for conflict in Melville's novel, which probes deeply the social milieu of post-colonialism in Guyana. Melville evokes in sensuous detail the forests, savannas, and cities of Guyana.
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