Tag: books

  • Amna Channie

    BITS AND PIECES (MOSTLY PIECES) FROM THE VILLAGE QUILT

    FIRST PIECE: A TRAGEDY AVERTED Enter the first player: Her name was Caroline Drayon-Bruce and she was an Afro-Guyanese by birth. Since a hyphenated surname was unheard of in this rural village, its use prompted respect and awe from the humble villagers. Moreover, she was educated and was the headmistress of the village school. She […]

  • Amna Channie

    My Father -The Village Storyteller

    In the 1940’s in British Guiana, in the village where I was born, there were no radios, no movie theaters, no juke-boxes, TV was unheard of, community libraries were in your dreams. But our home was filled with books stuck in bookshelves, in cupboards, in boxes under the beds. My father was an avid reader […]