00974nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000008000190001710000250003624500240006126000450008530000100013052006930014058300190083320260716043010.0  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