By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan
Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana. Honorary Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists.
The Guyanese people and their leaders need to recognize that the challenges of nation-building they face as a diverse society are formidable, and that they must work consciously and assiduously at nation-building, with a unifying vision. This is a challenge facing diverse democracies world-wide. In Guyana’s case, the difficulties are compounded because of Guyana’s troubled history of colonialism, slavery, indentureship, exploitation, underdevelopment, prejudice and inequality.