Rae Wiltshire

Koby Wills saw his mom Magda Fiona-Griffith singing in church when he was a child and knew he wanted to be a singer.

Genevieve Ngosa Daniels used to leave home at 6 am in the middle of winter to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) in New York.

Language identifies a culture and helps to shape its identity; the forcible removal of one’s language can cause low self-esteem and an inauthentic identity.

“I’m done compromising or shrinking myself to make anybody comfortable,” Michael Sam declared.

Cosmata Lindie was preparing to travel to a joint art exhibition for Guyanese and Surinamese artists.

The sun had dipped on the Atlantic Ocean and mosquitoes arrived out of the dense green vegetation bordering Hope Beach.

“Everyone here is so friendly,” people from big cities say when they visit Guyana.

I was 11 years old when I saw Jamie Foxx become Ray Charles in the film Ray.

It is Friday, February 10 and I have just won the Guyana Prize for Literature in Drama.

Anastacia Shako-Van Tull was in a creative rut when a friend said she would watch a Guyanese TV show.

Kezyah Bhola sleeps with a sketchpad in her bed and an easel at the side of it.

By Rae Wiltshire Maharanie Jhillu, 27, uses art to explore her identity.

By Rae Wiltshire Life is uncertain. One day you’re here and the next you could be gone.

By Rae Wiltshire There are colourful fairy lights on store buildings, huge Christmas trees in malls, people walking with shopping bags, and drivers shouting impatiently at the long traffic lines.

Joshua Jomo Macey’s love for agriculture began in his great-grandmother’s garden.

By Rae Wiltshire On his Instagram page, graphic designer, colorist and special effects artist Akeem King has posted drawings of black women with locs and afros.

  Imagination, the ability to envision worlds and scenarios that are whatever we want them to be, is a gift to people.

By Rae Wiltshire “I avoid [a] 9 to 5 like the plague,” says Akeem Adams.

By Rae Wiltshire Twenty-two-year-old Rafaela Ovido recently introduced something new to Guyana by channeling her passion for manga, anime, theatrical films and television into cosplay events for persons who want to express their fandom.

What does living a good life in Guyana mean today? This was the question considered by human rights activists and members of civil society at the “Living Good 2” panel discussion hosted on August 19 at Herdmanston Lodge, in Georgetown.