The contenders and contestants of the Mr and Miss Guyana African Roots 2017 pageant were awarded their prizes and certificates of participation in front of a small gathering at the African Museum of Heritage recently.
The event, which was held more than two months after the pageant was held, was emceed by the reigning Mr Guyana International 2016 Kefa Smith
In comments Director of the African Museum of Heritage Jenny Daly reminded that many people were under the wrong notion that Africans were slaves adding that this was never so but instead they were a people who were enslaved. There were kings and queens also who were enslaved. She encouraged them to be a people who remember their culture and always strive.
Nadine Moore, a representative from Roraima Airways, one of the sponsors of the pageant,
