Historical Roots of Guyana with Melissa Goolsarran Ramnauth
The Moreish Podcast: Caribbean History, Culture, and Cuisine by Hema Ramsingh
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The History of Guyana with Melissa, West Indian Diplomacy
Melissa Goolcharran Ramnauth, Editor-in-Chief of West Indian Diplomacy, shares her knowledge of the history of Guyana on this episode of the podcast.
From the early Indigenous peoples to the colonial power struggles between the Dutch and the British, Hema and Melissa dive into key historical moments in Guyanese history: the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade taking enslaved African people to Guyana to work on plantations, the abolition of slavery leading to indentured labourers from India, China and Portugal, to modern history including the d ...