Eusi Kwayana: The Village Politician (Part 1)

Eusi Kwayana

By Estherine Adams

This article is an excerpt of a much broader body of work that focuses on Eusi Kwayana and his role in the national political developments of British Guiana, between 1950 and 1961.  This article, the first of two, examines the circumstances that facilitated his emergence as a leading village politician in the Village of Buxton in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Village and local government politics was a nursing ground for many who emerged to participate in the national struggle, especially in leadership roles. Thus, Kwayana’s first foray into politics