After outlining some of the historical hardships that confronted African Guyanese, the dire condition in which Africans still find themselves and some of the more recent international and nations responses to this condition, President David Granger, in his presentation to the Fourth Annual State of the African Guyanese Forum organized by the Cuffy 250 Committee, concluded that “This is the time to organize and mobilise so that at the end of the decade, the Government and the Guyanese people can report confidently they have achieved the objectives of the United Nations International Decade for people of African Descent. …. Consult among yourselves how best the African Guyanese organizations in Guyana can be mobilized to achieve specific measureable targets.”
Of course, the call to Africans to organise to better their condition has been made interminably and needs to be confronted head-on, and the United Nations process does provide an opportunity that should not be missed. As is expected, the programme outlined by the UN for the decade is intended to build upon what was achieved during United Nations International Year for People of African Descent (IYPAD).
