-Gosh! Just what should I eat?
Try as I intended, it doesn’t seem that I could “leave Emancipation month alone”. Leave it to the inheritors of the legacy and to those who lay claim to be true representatives of the consequences.
And the Working People’s Alliance think-tank leader Dr. David Hinds did adequately deal with my favourite theme (annually) for this month – the economic empowerment of African Guyanese in terms of village economies, agriculture, commerce and industrial/manufacturing pursuits and ownership. From dreams to reality under the Brigadier’s inspiration and supportive policies?
But two happenings inspired this my emancipation piece today. Last Saturday (12th August) I happened upon a marvellous documentary on the BBC on the consequences of slavery, emancipation and compensation for the poor “dispossessed” British planters after 1837.
