Dear Editor,
Many of us were at the official launch of Carifesta X.
The main speakers, the Minister of Culture and His Excellency, the President, spoke encouraging words.
When the President mentioned that Carifesta had returned home to Guyana after 36 years, one would have expected a gracious reference to the architect, initiator of Carifesta, LFS Burnham. We heard some contrived suggestion about some set of artistes and writers bringing in the idea. The man who brought Carifesta into being was Forbes Burnham.
Sadly, yet another assault on the truth and in the relentless campaign, more of a religious type crusade, to rewrite our history.
Had the idea of Carifesta been that of the late Dr Jagan, his name would have been emblazoned everywhere as the father of Carifesta and half of President Jagdeo’s speech would have been devoted to praising his vision.
Let us give jack his jacket. This will be a start to healing.
How could our National Leader call as he did, for the support of the opposition when he and others set out to ignore the good that Burnham did and seek every opportunity to highlight negatives about the man and his party.
Yours faithfully,
Nigel Bacchus
