#Guiana

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Woman from Surinam

Dutch vintage postcard, mailed in 1905 to Cayenne, French Guiana

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A white French cop in Lagwiyann was caught in video saying to a Black woman “My family’s been there for 200 years we came in the same boat but at different level”

He was basically proudly telling that woman that her ancestors came as slaves (transported in the holds of ships) while his ancestors came as slave sellers (living in higher quarters in slave ships)

A couple days before, the cops stopped a family to check their documents and license. The family showed the paperwork and everything was fine. Then one of the cops started asking them if they paid their taxes, if they worked or if they were just waiting to be fed by the French… the mom asked how was anything related to a license check. The cops got angry. They pushed the adult son of the woman on the floor and pointed a gun at him.

The family tried to sue but they were welcomed by the same cops at the precinct who refused to fill a report and kicked them out.

A couple days later one of the children of the family is driving and she sees the same cops so she starts filming in case something else happens. The cops see her and start threatening her saying it’s illegal to film them (it’s not). The cops start arguing with the same racists comments as the first time. Saying that it’s thanks to France that they have social benefits and all (for the record these people are not even immigrants they are French because France colonized their ancestors and sent them to Lagwiyann as slaves… yet because they are black they are accused of being in France just to benefit for health care and social benefits). Anyway arguing starts. The mom says they had issues with them a couple days before too and that it needs to stop and then one of the cops has the fucking audacity to say “Do you have issues with me because I’m white? It’s because I’m white right.” The mom is like “No it’s not because you’re white it’s because of your behavior” and then the cop pulls the “my family has been there for 200 years we came in the same ship but at different levels”

This is why I say that the “French overseas territories” are colonies. White people are way too confident being racist there. Lagwiyann, Kanaky, Gwadloup, Maore, Tahiti… free all the people in this world from western imperialism and colonialism.

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Edit: Apparently it all happened in August but there was no consequences and the family kept being ignored so they ended up posting the video now to pressure the start of an investigation and it’s working.

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Bagne AP - Traces-Mémoires du Bagne

Jean-Luc de Laguarigue, Patrick Chamoiseau

Ed.Gang, Ivry-sur-Seine 2011, 104 pages, 34x32,8cm, ISBN 978-2-915 784-053

euro 25,00

email if you want to buy booksinprogressmilano@yahoo.it

De Saint-Laurent jusqu'aux îles du Salut, le bagne de Guyane n'a encore jamais fait l'objet d'un travail de photographies d'auteur. Bagne est un projet d'ouvrage d'art ayant pour ambition de " donner la parole " à ces vestiges historiques qui sont une part essentielle du patrimoine de nos régions Antilles-Guyane. Le projet sera réalisé par Jean-Luc de Laguarigue, photographe, auteur de nombreux ouvrages sur le patrimoine créole, et Patrick Chamoiseau, écrivain, prix Goncourt 1992 pour Texaco (Gallimard), dont le texte suit les photographies. L'instant de la découverte déclencha une charge émotionnelle si puissante que je fus submergé par des sentiments contradictoires : l'envie de passer rapidement tout en voulant pousser plus loin l'exploration ; l'idée d'être totalement perdu et la conviction d'être naturellement au bon endroit, au bon moment ; l'illusion de vivre un rêve éveillé et la révélation de mille formes humaines et inquiétantes dans chaque ombre ou racine, comme quand j'étais enfant ; la constatation que j'étais seul et l'intuition que des yeux invisibles m'épiaient ; et puis ces ondes du vent sur ma peau qui faisaient écho aux vibrations du lieu et de la mer... Je voyais la pierre suintant qui m'offrait toutes ses mémoires ; la couleur des arbres qui, par osmose, se décalque sur les murs ; les murs qui épousent les racines comme des corps fossilisés, formant çà et là des tumeurs et des excroissances. De partout venaient à moi le silence et le bruit, la chaleur et l'humidité, et le ressac de la vie et de la mort imbibant cette forêt de pierre et de bois de laquelle surgissait une danse de fantômes.

23/10/24

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Ponto de não retorno, Marina Silva

A ministra do Meio Ambiente e Mudança do Clima, Marina Silva, propôs nesta terça-feira (16) um acordo para evitar que seja alcançado o “ponto de não retorno” de destruição da Amazônia. POLÍTICA LIVRE – 16 de maio de 2023 O Brasil deve defender esse pacto em agosto, durante encontro dos países que integram a OTCA (Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica). Mateus Vargas – Folhapress “Se a…

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Exploring the Wild Heart of French Guiana: A Guide to Nature's Paradise

Nestled on the northeastern coast of South America, French Guiana is often overlooked by avid travellers in favour of its more popular neighbours. However, this territory, which is a part of France, presents a stunning array of landscapes, diverse wildlife, and rich cultural experiences that make it a nature lover’s paradise. Exploring the untamed beauty of French Guiana offers a chance to…

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Ciclista que cruzou o Brasil de bicicleta desaparece na fronteira com Essequibo, na Guiana

Um homem de 63 anos desapareceu perto da fronteira do Brasil com Essequibo, na Guiana, quando fazia sozinho uma expedição de bicicleta que começou no Chuí (RS), no extremo sul do país, e tinha como destino o Monte Caburaí, o ponto mais extremo do Norte do Brasil, em Roraima. O missionário e ciclista George da Silva de Souza estava no município de Uiramutã (RR) quando falou pela última vez com a…

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Reino Unido envia navio de guerra à Guiana em meio a tensões com a Venezuela

  O Reino Unido anunciou neste domingo, 24, o envio de um navio militar para a Guiana, uma ex-colônia que enfrenta renovadas reivindicações territoriais da ditadura venezuelana sobre o Essequibo, uma região rica em petróleo que representa dois terços de sua superfície. “O ‘HMS Trent’ irá este mês para a Guiana, nosso aliado regional e parceiro na Commonwealth, para uma série de compromissos na…

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Fancy banknote of British Guyana..

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Other than the national flag, the local government utilises provincial flags. In any case, the official local Flag of French Guiana relies upon who you converse with. The Provincial Chamber in French Guiana pronounce the white flag with the outline as their territorial flag. The Departmental Committee embraced the green and yellow flag as the official provincial flag of French Guiana. The French Guiana football crew utilises the green and yellow flag.

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Amazon rainforest, South America: The Amazon rainforest is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km2 of which 6,000,000 km2 are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations and 3,344 indigenous territories. The majority of the forest, 60%, is in Brazil, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Wikipedia

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"Djeveløya" Devil's Island - Marianne Wiig Storaas , 2023.

Norwegian, b. 1972 -

Oil on canvas , 48 x 36 cm.

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The Five Guianas

by anthro.atlas

The colonial territories in the biogeographic area known as the Guiana Shield are referred to as the Guianas. In an indigenous South American language, the name Guyana or Guayana means “land of many waters.” In the fifteenth century, Europeans began to explore and eventually colonise the Guianas. With the exception of French Guiana, these territories are now sovereign. It should be noted that some sections in this region are disputed: part of Maripasoula between Guyana and French Guiana, lower East Berbice-Corentyne between Suriname and Guyana, and Guayana Esequiba between Venezuela and Guyana.