The Ministry of Education’s Department of Culture yesterday unveiled the logo for Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary.
The winning design, which will be the emblem of Guyana’s Golden Jubilee celebration, was created by Christopher Taylor and Compton Babb and was selected from amongst 64 entries that reportedly came from nearly every region of Guyana and in the diaspora.
“The final design that has emerged is quite simply very representative of our country Guyana in a way that no other logo possibly could have been, and I think that alone gives it its significance,” said Russell Lancaster, the programme chair, at the unveiling at the National Cultural Centre. Lancaster later stated that the design,