00945nam a2200109Ia 4500080001900000100002500019245002400044260004500068300001000113520069300123583001900816  a13.02.01 G3275  aRamphal, Shridath S.  aHeritage of oneness  bCommonwealth SecretariataLondonGBc1988  a45 p.  aRetraces pathways that brought Africans and Indians to British Guiana.  Describes life on plantation Vreed-en-Hoop and other plantations of Guyana's coastland and uses this to analyse the social, cultural, economic, and political experiences the immigrants suffered under slavery and indentureship.  Reviews the struggle for emancipation.  Outlines lessons to be learned by the Guyanese people from their common history of slavery, indenture and colonialism. These include the importance of national cohesion, the primacy of educational development, the eradication of servitude, racism, intolerance, oppression, authoritarianism, and the honest admission and correction of past mistakes.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR