In The Diaspora

By Karyn Diaz and Angelique V. Nixon Karyn Diaz is a Trinidadian scholar, writer, educator, and activist.

By Grace Aneiza Ali Guyanese-born Grace Aneiza Ali is a Curator and an Assistant Professor and Provost Fellow in the Department of Art & Public Policy at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

By Nadège Compaoré Nadège Compaoré is an incoming Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Toronto.

By Anthony Bogues Anthony Bogues is a Professor of Humanities at Brown University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg.

  By Percy Hintzen   Percy Hintzen is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley and Professor of Global and Sociocultural Studies and Director of African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University.

By Troy Thomas Troy Thomas is former president and a current member of Transparency Institute Guyana Inc.

By Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is a Professor at State University of New York.

By Suzanne C. Persard Suzanne C. Persard is a scholar, writer and founding member of Jahajee Sisters.

By Thomas Harding Thomas Harding is writing a book about the 1823 Demerara rebellion.

By Dr John Deep Ford Dr. John Deep Ford is former Caribbean Region Director of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and former Guyana Ambassador to FAO and WTO.

By Ryan Cecil Jobson and Matthew Quest Ryan Cecil Jobson is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago.

By Stephen Kinzer Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning author and foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents.

By Alissa Trotz Alissa Trotz is Editor of the In the Diaspora Column On Friday September 11th (birth anniversary of Andaiye, social justice warrior and co-founder of Red Thread), Red Thread invited all Guyanese to a virtual speakout streamed live on Facebook (you can view it on Red Thread Women: Crossroads Women’s Centre).

By Thomas Harding Thomas Harding is writing a book about the 1823 Demerara rebellion.

By Steven Jensen Steven L. B. Jensen is a Senior Researcher at The Danish Institute for Human Rights.

By Immaculata Casimero, Junisha Jonny, Romario Hastings  and Medino Abraham Immaculata Casimero is Wapichan from Aishalton, a women’s rights advocate and chairman of Aisharatoon Women’s Association.

By G. J. Giddings Dr. Jahwara Giddings is Professor of History at Central State UniversityIt is always a good time to reiterate Guyana’s food traditions, practices, and prospects, and to emphasize the power and potential of good food in general.

By Melanie J. Newton Melanie J. Newton is an Associate Professor of History and the former Director of the Caribbean Studies Program at the University of Toronto.

Caught between binaries, barred by anti-Asian exclusion laws, did some West Indians of Indian origin claim Blackness in early 20th-century America?

By Omar Shahabudin McDoom Dr. Omar Shahabudin McDoom teaches political science at the London School of Economics where he specializes in the study of violent conflict, ethnic politics, and sub-Saharan Africa.