Tales of Kwakwani

Stand by your word

It was 1980. I had just joined Guyana Mining Enterprise (Guymine), Kwakwani Operations, as Assistant Administrative Manager. I was young in my fir...

Lure of the bush

It was 1980 and I lived in Kwakwani, Guyana. A small bauxite mining town clinging to the bank of the Berbice River, ever fighting a battle with th...

Leading from the front

I breathed a huge sigh of relief as we loaded the last railway sleeper on the barge.  The beginning of this barge story goes back to when I f...

1997 – Guyana revisited

1997 – Guyana revisited.

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EssequiboGuyana

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Guyanese politics – 1979-83

Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham (20 February 1923 – 6 August 1985) was a Guyanese politician and the leader of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana f...

Fridolin, Peter and an Anaconda

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Amerindiansbauxite

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