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Educator Kwame Apata passes

Dec 07, 2016 News

Guyanese educator, political activist and former UG lecturer, Kwame Apata died yesterday in his adopted homeland of Suriname. Apata belonged to a generation of young African Guyanese men who came under the influence ASCRIA under the leadership of Eusi Kwayana. Apata spent most of his life in Buxton where he worked closely with Kwayana in the field of education. He taught English at the University of Guyana and became an early victim of the fall-out of Kwayana and Prime Minister Forbes Burnham when he was charged for possession of an unlicensed firearm.
Kwame Apata, an activist of the Working People’s Alliance, was tried for the illegal possession of a revolver and ammunition in the wake of the July 1979 arson of the head office of the People’s National Congress that occurred on the anniversary of the July 1978 referendum.
As a founding member of the Working People’s Alliance and one involved in the period of the activities of Walter Rodney, he was dismissed from the University of Guyana. Apata moved to Suriname during the intense confrontation between the WPA and the Guyana government where he remained until his death.
In Suriname he worked with the Surinamese government in the field of culture and education where he excelled. Apata was also a poet and playwright.
Details of his funeral arrangements would be announced later.

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