Title: The Guyanese culture, fusion or diffusion?
Description: Text on the culture of the author's native Guyana from its early days of slavery and indenture to the present. "His account records the trials and tribulations of the laborers who were imported by the British plantocracy to toil under cruel and oppressive conditions. Strict control was achieved by the British though the imposition of their culture on the captive population and a "divide and rule" policy which sowed the seeds of racial conflict between the various ethnic groups. The British Governors were replaced by elected representatives of local political parties, some of whom did not hesitate to adopt the British policy of division to ensure victory at the polls. As a result of these political machinations, cultural diversity and racial harmony were diminished by ethno-racial animosities and violence, especially between Afro- and Indo-Guyanese".
Subjects: Civilization, Social life and customs, Race relations, Political culture, International relations and culture, Manners and customs, America, history
Places: Guyana