Dear Editor,
The history of contemporary Guyana is still to be written and I agree entirely that we should press on in pursuit of the truth, possibly through first-person testimonies of those who suffered or those who were close enough to the many victims and witnessed the traumas of our post-colonial period.
However, I hope you do not think it trivial if I suggest we say “tarra tell tarra” (Westmaas: ‘There needs to be a public and frank airing of Guyana’s past’ SN, 20.9.07; and Trotz: ‘Tell tara and tara tell tara
