Readings and poems about indenture drawn from the work of an Indo-Fijian historian (Brij V. Lal) and two contemporary sources; Edward Jenkins and George Des Voeux. These are edited extracts compiled and recorded by Moray House Trust.
I am a Jamaican born to a Jamaican father 🇯🇲and Guyanese mother 🇬🇾I found out that Guyana had an uprising before Haiti and Jamaica and before the American Revolution even happened the Berbice uprising and its videos on RU-vid talking about it and articles on google and books are being published about the maroons that were in Guyana that the British killed and Britain Cheat Guyana out of their independence they were supposed to get their independence 1990 but Britain and America feared that British Guiana was going to powerful like Cuba because they were developing faster than some of the Caribbean islands so they ripped the document and they said the White House has a bunch of documents on Guyana when it was called British Guiana back then and even now than any other countries documented in their files
True the Berbice Rebellion was successful for 1 year before the Dutch with the help of the Amerindians who were paid for each Head and or Limbs of African enslaved peoples captured were able to take back the County of Berbice from Kofi (Cuffy) the Leader from the Gold Coast now Ghana.
Guyana independence should have been in 1965 not 1990.guyana independence was in 1966 four years after jamica which is still now an independence country not republic.King Charles is the head of state of jamica.
I am English born to a Mauritian Father. A few years ago I found out i have family in Trinidad. Seems I could have family in any one of the British occupied countries. I discovered my family arrived in Mauritius from Bihar in the 1850's. The ship that carried them from Kalkutta was called the Waterwitch,. With respect to the British being tight on accurately logging everything, and the Mauritius indentured labour records department, we found a photo of my forefather with a signed contract. The conditions were extremely poor and there must have been a sense that they were tricked!!
This is the truth which is still hidden under the soil of history.All the indentured countries should join to together as a CommonCrossing People to make the history and memory of indentured labourers as well as Slavery included in United Nation Education System. This subject is vital to humanity to draw awareness and consciousness on all the prejudice injustice discrimination suspicion hostility and racism still exist because of ignorance of root of history and memory.The falsification of history by the west has a purpose for division and hostility.A very educational video to bring us all in the field where ever we all belong to the to the motherland through sea cross and sugarcane field.
Actually I came from Kalabari in Eastern Ijaw from southern Nigeria. I'm particularly interested with the word Kala which means "small", so when you add the word Kala to Pani which will means small plate. We still use the word "Pani" today but remember that it was a borrowed word from the erstwhile colonial masters due long trade both the legitimate and illegitimate trade. I am historian by training and honestly I am so much interested in Guyana... and that is because I have no trouble in understanding some of the documented berbice Creole words which were now extinct...
KALA PANI are 2 Hindi words meaning black water. it has nothing to do with being borrowed from colonial masters. It is referring to crossing the ocean from India to the Caribbean
"Kala" sound of this word, is also used by Muslims to address your mother's sister. Eg. my mother sister's name is Nara, then I would address her as Nara Kala
Is there any possibility for Guyanese to trace their ancestry? I note names were incorrectly recorded. Are there any records in the Guyanese archives? Thank you.
In 2018 I find out where my fore parents came from at the Guyana archive in Georgetown but it was not an easy find but I had a copy of my great grandfather birth certificate that help me n yes during times some of your name spell different for example my last name is spell Sookram but original it is spell Sukhram. My fore parent on my dad side came from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in 1892 hope I'll find where my mom side from next year
@@ganeshsookram4287 ok, thank you. Appreciate you taking the time to respond. I don't have much information available to me and yes, some of the names have indeed changed so it's limiting my chance of finding anything but I will give it a try nonetheless.
@@ganeshsookram4287 this is AMAZING! My mom is from Guyana and my dad is from Trinidad so I’m trying but just starting out!! It would be such a blessing to find my people🥹
@@indy3240 interesting indeed is the fact that you are desirous of finding your roots, such a noble idea, further it's interesting too if those that are alive and kicking around today, are they sought after?
Watch about Indentured Indians here... the Indian Indentured labourers were treated like convicts with penalties & punishment ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AFtbEPzo0vg.html
Guyana holds lots of records so it's best to contact the Town Hall in Georgetown. My Great Uncle was able to produce a family tree tracing his mother's family (my great grandmother) to one village in India. 😊
I'm a Canadian born Guyanese. I believe if you can contact the british national archives of indian indentured labourers, you might be able to find out more info. You might have to pay for records but i believe its possible. You can also view some of this information online
They were tough to build ,paint, sewing, building structures, and more by then Nelson Mandela was born while Mahatma Gandhi cound'n bear the inhumanity against Indian's Muslims together in South Africa they built on thier land and shared thier land while farming in the land no stealing no fencing Indian's wer allowed only to buy food not traveling they stayed in thier land while still working on the plantation
Actually migrated from South Africa to other continent and different countries mixed marriages diversity in the Indian's thought out the place once they all unite it will be a the largest race ever
If indians were so well off in british india ,why did they choose to come to the british west indies?i am so glad i was borned in guyana. I meet india indians in brampton canada every day but we dont have anything in common. My great great grandparent' were cremated at the babu jan cemetry in port mourant in berbice and i can still visit them in 2024.The british have account of each indentured immigrants. Labourer.I was told my foreparents were very happy in british Guiana as in india ."the land of poverty even today.garbage propoganda.india is not my mother land it is guyana.jai hind guyana.
