Jeanne Beker lets her hair down for hairdresser Gregory Parvatan (Guyanese)
They are our confidantes, our shrinks, our soothsayers, our style gurus. They prop us up, console us, transform us, and give us hope. With the best of them, we develop such a profound sense of loyalty that going to another for the same services is tantamount to cheating on one’s partner.
Sister Mary Aileen Menezes PhD
Mary Aileen Menezes was born in Georgetown, (then) British Guiana in 1930. She entered the community of the Sisters of Mercy in 1947 and received her religious training in Pennsylvania, USA.
Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell, First black female fighter pilot follows childhood dream - Of Guyanese Heritage
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- By the time she was in fourth grade, young Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell knew she wanted to be a fighter pilot.
What the now-Air Force major didn't know, however, was that she would knock down a racial barrier by becoming the first black female in the career field.
Ken Corsbie - Legend of the theatre
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.
Dr. Richard Drayton, PhD.
Dr. Richard Drayton, PhD - University Senior Lecturer in Imperial and extra-European History since 1500
Fellow, Tutor and Director of Studies in History, Corpus Christi College
Ivan Van-Sertima - Anthropologist, linguist, educator and author
Ivan Gladstone Van-Sertima - (26 January 1935 - 25 May 2009) was an associate professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University in the United States.
Olga Lopes-Seale: December 26, 1918 - February 04, 2011
Ms. Olga Lopes-Seale DA, GCM, MBE, BBS, was born in Georgetown, British Guiana (Guyana) on December 26, 1918 and passed away on February 04, 2011 in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Denis J. I. Williams: 1923-1998 - Painter, Author & Archaeologist - by Betty J. Meggers
The unanticipated death of Denis Williams after a short bout with cancer deprived Guyana of a remarkably versatile native son.
His early promise as a painter won him a two-year British Council scholarship to the Camberwell School of Art in London in 1946. He remained in London during the following decade, during which he taught fine art and held several one-man shows of his work.
James Clarke (born in British Guiana in 1886), hero who saved children’s lives
James Clarke - Jim Clarke was an outstanding Liverpool athlete, who for many years carried the banner of the Scotland/Vauxhall district to all parts of the country through his prowess as a champion swimmer and life-saver. He was admired and respected not only in his own community, but also in many other districts of Liverpool where his enviable reputation had spread.
Fred D'Aguiar - Poet, Novelist & Playwright
Fred D'Aguiar - Poet, novelist and playwright Fred D'Aguiar was born in London in 1960 to Guyanese parents. He lived in Guyana until he was 12, returning to England in 1972.