2016 is already a very important year for anniversaries. For the nation of the Republic of Guyana it is most significant because it is the country’s 50th year since Independence and Golden Jubilee celebrations dominate its cultural agenda. Barbados is also commemorating 50 years as an independent nation, and it feels as if the Caribbean has only just recovered from the Independence anniversaries of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
The University of Guyana has indeed just celebrated the institution’s 50th year. But in 2016 it is about to launch the commemoration of its 50th Convocation.
Narrowing it down to literature, 2016 marked 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare and the month of April belonged to that. Last weekend saw a large and lively programme in England, where there was a strong festival atmosphere particularly in the small city of Stratford and secondarily in the large city of London. Stratford-Upon – Avon is the famous town where he was born – now teeming with theatres, shrines, museums and crowds of tourists by the River Avon with
