Sunday 10 June 2012

The guided tour of Georgetown, Guyana's capital- 3


How does Guyana celebrate it's own heroes?
Who are they?

The 1763 Monument- created by Guyanese sculpture Philip Moore- depicts Cuffy- the African slaves who lead an unsuccessful rebellion against plantation owners in Berbice.





The statue of Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow, in the Parliament compound. Critchlow, known as the Father of Trades Unionism in the Caribbean, founded the British Guiana Labour Union in 1917 to campaign for better wages and conditions. He also launched the demand for universal adult suffrage-setting the way for future activists to follow.
The Critchlow Labour College is named after him.





Above, students at the Cyril Potter teacher training college in class session. Appointed in 1928, Cyril Potter was the first principal of Guyana's teacher training college.
He also co-wrote the words  to the country's national anthem, for the 1966 declaration of independence from Britain.

Dear land of Guyana, of rivers and plains,
Made rich by the sunshine and lush by the rains,
Set gem-like and fair, between mountain and sea,
Your children salute you, dear land of the free.



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