Resilience of Guyana's Ancestors

The story of Guyana is built on the backs of two groups of people who endured unimaginable hardship,

yet still shaped the nation with resilience that lives on today. The first were the

Africans who were brought across the Atlantic in chains. Torn from their homelands,

packed into ships with barely room to breathe, they arrived in Guyana with nothing

but their strength and each other. On the sugar plantations they faced brutal labor under the

sun, long hours, beatings, hunger, and the constant

struggle to survive. Yet, even in bondage, they created community. They shared songs,

stories, and traditions that kept their spirit alive when everything around them was