Joanna Dhanraj

Riverstown, a village on the Essequibo Coast, is pressed between Pomona and Airy Hall.

Naomi ‘Young Royalty’ Horsford is one to watch in the music industry.

Hip Hop/R&B singer/song writer Conor Holder is no stranger to the stage, but is launching his mixtape tomorrow at the Five Star Ice cream Parlour in Victoria, East Coast Demerara where he lives.

Delesa Archer grew up watching Tyra Banks on America’s Next Top Model and hearing comments on her tall and slender figure, so it came as no surprise when she chose to pursue modelling; a choice that has seen her take the runway in international designer brands including Yeezy Season 2, a Kanye West clothing line and Jreamer, a Jerome Lamar brand that Beyoncé has become affiliated with in many of her song videos.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Adventure on the Essequibo Coast is still affiliated with the former ferry stelling.

Musical phenomenon Juke Ross has several endearing qualities. Aside from his spectacular voice, the contemporary/pop, singer/songwriter/ guitarist is easy to talk to and humble despite his obvious talent.

Things in Aurora Village are much livelier than in Aurora Estate.

Royden Sealey has always had a passion for art and as a child had expressed this in ways which landed him in hot water.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Aurora on the Essequibo Coast is divided two sections: Aurora Estate and Aurora Village.

“I Have Hope” is the name of the song with which T’shanna Cort won this year’s Junior Calypso Competition and today, nearly six months later, fans from all across Guyana greet her with those words and praise her performance.

Hill Foot, as its name suggests, sits at the foot of a hill.

RP Couture’s Rishma Persaud has been making a splash with her one-of-a-kind elegant pieces.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Spring Garden is one of the many villages situated on the Essequibo Coast.

Deslyn Griffith, Managing Director of Extravagant Celebrations, had been doing event planning for as long as she remembers, since high school in fact.

Award winning US-based Guyanese filmmaker, writer and director Mason Richards was in Guyana only recently scouting locations for when he returns later in this year when the production of his full-length film is slated to begin.

 Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Abigail Brand was born and raised at Good Hope and is a former teacher at Good Hope Primary School.

Spoken word poet Yerrodin Akeel Bowen has had tongues wagging since his return to Guyana in 2011.

A thrilling 45-minute ride from Parika, passed by thick forested islands, boats bobbing on the Essequibo River or sunken in a corner, brings you to Good Hope on the Essequibo Coast.

Passengers disembarking the ferry from Essequibo at the Parika Stelling on Sunday.

A ceramist, a potter or a painter are names one would call Andrew Sampson but ‘Samo’ as he’s often called sees himself as an artist who can master all that he endeavours.