In The Diaspora

By Harry T. Hergash  Harry Hergash, a graduate of the University of Guyana, taught at the Annandale Government Secondary from 1964 to 1969.

David Abdulah is an economist by training, labour and political activist committed to social justice.

By Kevin De Silva Kevin De Silva is a co-creator of the Caribbean Studies Students’ Union (CARSSU) and former president and editor of its annual journal.

Tonya Haynes is a founding member of CODE RED for Gender Justice and CatchAFyah Caribbean Feminist Network.

Zenita Nicholson is a Guyanese advocate for sexual rights and gender justice.

By Shenella Charles  Shenella Charles is Guyanese of Afro-Guyanese and Indigenous parentage, who currently resides in Canada.

Tiffany Barry is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and the Women’s Studies Unit, both in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Guyana.

By Hilbourne Watson Hilbourne A. Watson is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania  Barbados is yet another casualty of the economic crisis facing the Caribbean, with the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) government euphemistically announcing last December that it is “sending home” 3000 public sector workers – about 10% of the civil service labour force. 

By D. Alissa Trotz Alissa Trotz is Editor of the In the Diaspora Column   It is three weeks since the public learned, via a report first carried in Kaieteur News, of 23 year old Colwyn Harding’s hospitalization with severe internal injuries that were allegedly caused by police savagery.

By Harold A. Drayton   Harold Drayton served as the First Deputy Vice-Chancellor (1963-1964) at the University of Guyana, and as Professor and Head of the Department of Biology.

By Harold A. Drayton Harold Drayton served as the First Deputy Vice-Chancellor (1963-1964) at the University  of Guyana, and as Professor and Head of the Department of Biology.

By Fatimah Jackson-Best   Fatimah Jackson-Best is a Muslim woman, a researcher, and a writer.

By Lakshmi Persaud  Trinidadian writer Lakshmi Persaud was one of six persons who recently received an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies (UWI), St.

Diaspora Column Editor’s Note:   Jamaican Richard Hart, historian, trade unionist, lawyer and teacher, died in the UK on Saturday at the age of 96.

By Maya Trotz  Dr. Maya Trotz is an Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida.

Alissa Trotz is editor of the In the Diaspora Column Editor’s Note:  November 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

By Miguel Ceara-Hatton Miguel Ceara-Hatton is a professor and researcher in economics from the Dominican Republic.

By Honor Ford-Smith   Honor Ford-Smith is Associate Professor of Community and Environmental Art in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, Toronto, Canada. 

By Arturo Victoriano Arturo Victoriano, Ph.D., is from the Dominican Republic and is a Lecturer at the Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto, Mississauga.

By Wendy C. Grenade and Kimalee Phillip   Editor’s Note: This year marks the 60th anniversary of that historic moment of national unity for Guyanese, a moment that was sabotaged 133 days after the People’s Progressive Party galvanized the country under a multiracial, anti-colonial, nationalist banner, a moment that has eluded our grasp ever since.