WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Jul 07, 2018 Letters

Dear Editor,
In this international Decade of People of African Decent I am forced to share my thoughts with my brothers and sisters on the way forward as a great nation that built early Empires across Africa.
And then under enslavement we built the European and North American Empires. We invented and were very innovative; we introduced mathematics and science to the world; our Pyramid remains a modern day wonder.
We have excelled in sports and culture worldwide at every conceivable event at which we are given the opportunity to compete. We are a happy people grounded in the love of the Creator and seek only the best for this beautiful and bountiful country built by our own hands for four hundred years before the coming of the Indentured servants who came mainly from India, with the Chinese and Portuguese coming as the Merchants and Traders.
Let us be guided by the efforts of our fore parents who were united in pooling hard earned savings accumulated during that four-year period of apprenticeship that lasted from 1834-1838. Their plan was well thought out and executed intelligently by first buying plantations and transforming them into villages that remain to this day.
They focused on the development of roads, drainage and irrigation, agriculture, and building schools and churches that are still standing and further developed.
Among my people there is much love but the unity to work together today for the benefit of all African people is surely lacking. Too often it is about me and not us. Let us stop complaining and understand the present financial situation facing this nation, when critical decisions had to be taken that will affect all of us, but we must remain steadfast and vigilant as we enter a new era of oil and gas and the promotion of a Green State Development Strategy that will see the emphasis on agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and innovation.
We are in this together. Let us through IDPADG (International Decade of People of African Decent Guyana) acquire two tractors with slasher to clean the playfields of the many villages now under bushes. This will boost the village economy, competitions will be held and vendors will provide services to attending patrons.
The standard of sports and culture will receive a big boost; the young people will surely appreciate these efforts to promote youth development. Promoters will swing into high gear.
Local shows will abound, we can build the foundation for the Sports and Cultural Tourism Industry that will complement the Oil and Gas economy. We are a very creative people, we excel in songs, poetry, music, drama and dance,etc. let us give our youths the opportunity to exhibit their talents.
Brothers and Sisters together we aspire together we achieve.
Yours Respectfully
RAS Aaron Blackman. Social Worker.

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