FAMOUS GUYANESE

It is not often that we as Guyanese recognize the talent we have and those among us. I'm not sure how many of us know about Martin Carter but he was one of the finest poets and a son of Guyana's soil. Some may know of Walter Rodney who had his PHD by the time he was 24 years old. He was someone who had set an academic record in the University of the West Indies that has never been beaten. There are; poets, artists, writers, thinkers, performers and others too many to mention. What I did in putting this link below is to see how many we would look at it. It speaks of just a sample of the known people that Guyana has produced and yet Guyanese themselves don't happen to know. I take that back, there may be one or two who you may know or have heard of. The site is

http://moonsammy.wordpress.com/my-guyana/famous-guyanese/

Therefore, I challenge you to have a look and tell me how many of these people you know and have heard of. I also want you to tell me if you knew beforehand of their roots to Guyana.