Guyana
Capital · Georgetown
South America's only English-speaking country — Afro-Guyanese and Indo-Guyanese side by side on the coast, and Kaieteur falling into rainforest inland.
Guyana at a glance
- Capital
- Georgetown
- Region
- South America · Caribbean (CARICOM)
- Currency
- Guyanese dollar (GYD)
- Languages
- English · Guyanese Creole
- Dialling code
- +592
- Status
- Sovereign nation
The African connection
After emancipation, freed Africans pooled wages to buy whole plantations outright and founded the village movement — Victoria was bought in 1839. The 1763 Berbice rebellion led by Cuffy held the colony for nearly a year; he is the national hero.
Key dates for Guyana
The dates this community marks — independence, emancipation, and the festivals that fill a hall wherever its people have settled.
Diaspora meets diaspora
AfricAsia began with Africans in Asia. The same story runs through every entry in this section — people of African descent building a life a long way from where their ancestors started.
If you are from Guyana and you are anywhere in Asia — studying, working, playing, passing through — there are people here who will know what you are asking before you finish the question.
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