British Guiana: The Land of Six PeoplesH.M. Stationery Office, 1957 - Broj stranica: 235 |
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Stranica 16
... Africa . There are also fine clusterings of bamboos , fifty feet high- trees which I had always associated with south - east Asia but which I was later to find frequently growing on the banks of the rivers in the Interior of British ...
... Africa . There are also fine clusterings of bamboos , fifty feet high- trees which I had always associated with south - east Asia but which I was later to find frequently growing on the banks of the rivers in the Interior of British ...
Stranica 21
... Africans , give a strong 1 Comparative figures will clarify this point . The last census ( 1946 ) showed Barbados to have an illiteracy rate of 7.29 per cent against British Guiana's 21.36 per cent . This last figure , however ...
... Africans , give a strong 1 Comparative figures will clarify this point . The last census ( 1946 ) showed Barbados to have an illiteracy rate of 7.29 per cent against British Guiana's 21.36 per cent . This last figure , however ...
Stranica 24
... African girl . ( Below ) Cricket practice at No. 11 Village , Couran- tyne . The batsman is Walter Timmers , a local dairy - farmer . Cricket is one of the passions of the Guianese . and went to California to take part in the gold.
... African girl . ( Below ) Cricket practice at No. 11 Village , Couran- tyne . The batsman is Walter Timmers , a local dairy - farmer . Cricket is one of the passions of the Guianese . and went to California to take part in the gold.
Stranica 32
... foresight it was given the right to take slaves from Africa in order to supply cheap labour for its future American possessions . It was this aware- ness of the necessity to import such labour which assured 32 BRITISH GUIANA.
... foresight it was given the right to take slaves from Africa in order to supply cheap labour for its future American possessions . It was this aware- ness of the necessity to import such labour which assured 32 BRITISH GUIANA.
Stranica 33
... of the name retain the prefix- Dissequebe , Dessekeebe , etc. But im Thurn points out that the Carib name for the river is Scapi or Esscapi . a new company was formed and African slaves arrived in 3 33 A CHAPTER OF HISTORY.
... of the name retain the prefix- Dissequebe , Dessekeebe , etc. But im Thurn points out that the Carib name for the river is Scapi or Esscapi . a new company was formed and African slaves arrived in 3 33 A CHAPTER OF HISTORY.
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