August Wilson’s 1982 play “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” – one of the ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle by Wilson – uses the historical figure of Ma Rainey, famed blues singer, to explore issues of black pain, and black art.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Last Update: 690.47 Movement: 0.05% Current Update: 690.84 YTD Movement: 14.00% The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 0.05% during the third period of trading in December, 2020.
Introduction Today’s column continues my selective reporting on the IDB’s Note, ‘Traversing a Slippery Slope: Guyana’s Oil Opportunity.’
Guyana is such a vast and multi-dimensional kind of country that one could a write a column about the different aspects of the place, every week for a year, and still not cover it all.
Whenever you pass a Library, never fail to bestow a silent blessing on those who work within its rooms, quietly rendering service of inestimable value.
In hopes of raising awareness about three-dimensional (3D) painting, artists Conrad Meertins and Winston Alexander recently launched an exhibition which features unique renderings of Guyana’s historical buildings and places of interest.
One of the more constructive things to have come about as a result of COVID-19, is a return to home cooking.
Caliper Drone Services has further monetized its overhead shots by turning them into picturesque holiday postcards, promoting less popular but beautiful places around Guyana.
As a girl growing up, Deborah Barrow-Graham could argue a point very well whether at home or at debate competitions at the schools she attended.
Final-year law student at the University of Guyana Joshua Edward began selling homemade pizza last year in order to raise money to conclude his studies.
Throughout her academic life, 21-year-old Danella Clement faced quite a number of challenges but her final year at the University of Bedfordshire proved to be the most difficult and challenging due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
What is the allure of a palindrome? The question lingered through much of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” which presents itself as a kind of filmic palindrome.
The study of indentureship since its establishment in British Guiana in 1838 has two historical landmarks.
Christmas Day is just five days away and I would be the first to admit that this is the time to eat drink and be merry.
A senior official of the International Chess Federation, known by its French acronym FIDE, once noted that perhaps the game of chess was devised by aliens.
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Introduction To round off my evaluation of Guyana’s emergent oil and gas sector in its very first year, I shall report in coming columns on the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Technical Note, IDB-TN-1994, published August, 2020 and entitled, ‘Traversing a Slippery Slope: Guyana’s Oil Opportunity.’
The International Court of Justice (World Court) ruled on Friday last that it has jurisdiction to entertain Guyana’s application with regard to the dispute concerning “the legal validity and binding effect of the award regarding the boundary between the colony of British Guiana and the United States of Venezuela, of 3 October 1899.”
Many holiday meals are about the big and best cuts – prime rib, crown roasts and whole legs – of pork, beef or lamb.
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