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11 Mar: International Women’s Day Red Revolution Gala 2015 in Guyana….

The Guyana National Cultural Center was ablaze  with talent on Monday evening for the “Let the Women Speak” Red Revolution Gala. Women from all over the country showed up decked out in a sea of red as a sign of solidarity and strength for the fight against domestic violence. The crowd was treated to live performances by local and overseas talent including poetry by 2014 Youth Poet Laureate, Ramya Ramana, choreographed dancing, skits and several…

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06 Mar: Women in History – Guyana’s First Miss World Beauties

In 1966, The Land of Many Waters, Guyana, graced the Miss World stage for the first time in history. Hoping for the best, yet preparing for the worst, little did they know that their representative, Umblita Van Sluytman would be called into the semi- finals. She did not advance to the top 7 round, but competing for the first time and making it to the semi- finals was an accomplishment worth the celebration. At the…

Maggie Harris

05 Mar: Food of your Soul: “Cleopatra Herself In All Her Glory” by Guyanese Poet, Maggie Harris

Cleopatra herself in all her glory couldn’t look as good I did done up in all my finery for an assignation with you. Maybe I was in denial but there’s something about an affair that apart from feeling horny makes you Queen-like and so beautiful you love yourself just looking. The noise your skin makes shining drowns out the crickets rivals the fireflies goes out into the world singing like a pissed fly and if…

Rajkumari Singh

02 Mar: Women in History: Rajkumari Singh, Guyanese Cultural Heroine

Rajkumari Singh, A.A. (1923-1979), stands out as a major pioneering Caribbean woman writer, political activist, educator and distinguished cultural leader in her native land, Guyana, where she received national honors. She was respected and praised by her contemporaries for the quality of controversy, criticism and debate present in her works, for which she received many literary prizes and awards; she is revered by numerous younger poets, writers, scholars, artists and performers, to whom she was…

Charmayne ‘Maxee’ Maxwell

01 Mar: Sad News: Guyanese Singer, Charmayne “Maxee” Maxwell, of 90s R&B Girl Group Brownstone is Dead at 46

Guyanese Singer Charmayne (Maxee) Maxwell of the 1990s R&B group Brownstone, mysteriously died Saturday, members of her family have confirmed.  Maxee was born Charmayne Maxwell on January 11, 1969 in Guyana.  She was best known for her work with Grammy-nominated band Brownstone and her 2000 solo single “When I Look into Your eyes.” She was 46 years old. Brownstone was  popular during the mid-1990s. Their  1995 hit single “If You Love Me”,  was nominated for…

Artist, Damali Abrams, making at presentation at Fresh Milk, Barbados, where she took part in a collaborative residency project in 2013. Photograph by Mark King.

24 Feb: She Rock! Damali Abrams – Multitalented Video and Performance Artist

Damali Abrams is a Guyanese-American video and performance artist. She is the daughter  of retired journalist and “Metemgee” author,  Ovid Abrams and former school teacher, Norma Abrams. Her knack for creativity and artistry led her to earn a Bachelors of Arts Degree from New York University and  Master of Fine Arts Degree from Vermont College. Damali started as a little girl wanting to be a dancer and a writer. “I was on that path until…