Guyanese in Edutainment

Aubrey Mann: Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Director, Businessman

Aubrey Mann

Aubrey Mann, singer, songwriter, producer, director, businessman was born in Georgetown, British Guiana now Guyana. Aubrey was raised by his mother “Sheila Mansfield-Grenardo” one of the nation’s top sopranos with several music awards to her credit, the most prestigious being the “Medal of Service” the highest honor a civilian could receive.

Eddie Taylor: Singer, Songwriter, Arranger, Producer

Eddie Taylor

Eddie Taylor, born and raised in Guyana, has gone professional since he was 16 years old.

It was soon discovered that Eddie was not only a singer (songwriter, arranger, producer). He is an all-rounder who is so versatile that he is known by many in the Music Industry.

Reggie Paul ..Mr. Smooth - Master of Caribbean and World Rhythms

Reggie Paul

Reggie Paul resides in Miami, Florida. His musical career began as one of four musical brothers - all recognized entertainers in the Caribbean, Canada, the US, and Europe. Immigrating to Canada from Guyana Reggie now resides in Miami, Florida.

Claire Ann Goring: Artist and Cultural Director

Claire Goring

Claire Coring, Artist, born in Guyana and works out of her studio in Canarsie, Brooklyn, New York.

Claire Goring’s talent and commitment to promoting and preserving the culture of her homeland Guyana has been the inspiration for many of the projects she has undertaken.

Ram John Holder: Actor/Musician

Ram John-Holder

Ram John-Holder was born in Guyana in 1934. He began his performing career as a folk singer in New York. In 1962 he came to London and worked with Pearl Connor's Negro Theatre Workshop initially as a musician, and later as an actor.

Cy Grant: Actor, Singer and Writer - (November 08, 1919 – February 13, 2010)

Cy Grant

Cy was born in Beterverwagting, Guyana. He was an actor, singer and writer who in the 1950's became the First black person to appear regularly on British television.

Following service in the Royal Air Force during World War II, he worked as an actor and singer. He was certified Barrister and then became interested in acting.

Ken Corsbie - Legend of the theatre

Ken Corsbie

Ken Corsbie - Legend of the theatre - “I'm a full-blooded West Indian Stereotype - half Chinese, half African, half Scottish, half South American Indian, half Welch - part Barbadian, Trinidadian, and born and bred Guyanese. I'm probably the only authentic true-true English-speaking Caribbean storyteller in North America - and I mean CARIBBEAN.

Norman Beaton: Actor - (October 31, 1934 - December 13, 1994)

Norman Beaton

Norman Lugard Beaton was born in Georgetown, Guyana. Beaton taught School and played with the calypso band The Four Bees before leaving Guyana for London in 1960. He then landed a job as a teacher in Liverpool, becoming the first black teacher to be employed by the Liverpool Education Authority.

Robert Adams: Actor - (1906–1965)

Robert Adams

Robert Adams was born in Georgetown, Guyana. He was a British actor on stage and screen. He was the founder and director of the Negro Repertory Arts Theatre, one of the first professional Black theatre companies in Britain.

Rafael Cameron - Entertainer, Singer, Songwriter

Rafael Cameron

Rafael Cameron was born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1951. He grew up in a strict, non-musical family who emphasized the value of a good education, preferably in the academic field, but Rafael -who loved to sing along with the American sounds coming out of his radio- found music to be a release from the pressures of life and secretly dreamed of becoming a singer himself.

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