This week during the third session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent in Geneva, Switzerland, is when journalist and media personality Wanita Huburn was attacked for sharing her opinion on Facebook about the government taking accountability for the incompetence of the Guyana Power and Light. It is also when there was a voice note circulating about names being removed from a cash grant list and when the Stabroek Market Wharf collapsed. One can wonder if the collapse is an omen; a warning for us to pay attention to the decaying parts of ourselves. Are we not dilapidated at our core and under threat of collapsing?
In this oil rich place where widened eyes, drooling mouths and greedy hands are ready to grab, the Stabroek Market Wharf collapsed. Horrendous. It was condemned for occupation, yet people still occupied it. We do not have to question why, for survival is often the goal even if people must put themselves in danger. People who were trapped. People who have suffered losses. People who have been injured. People who had to jump into the river to save themselves.