We are a people of long histories, short memories and limited visions. Nothing has quite belaboured this point than our divisive political landscape and our reliance on narratives sowed by political elites and power brokers. It is true that our little Guyana has been through quite a lot before and after its march towards independence. With ideations surrounding freedom to rule, there also came those surrounding the ideals of democracy and inclusive governance. We have never been able to achieve those because the belief that free and fair elections represented them subsumed us. But free and fair elections are not the entirety of democracy and the exclusory nature of our ethnic politics will never truly see us attaining it.
