Welcome to Diaspora Voices, which picks up from the In the Diaspora
column which for eighteen (18) years had found a home in the former Stabroek News. Diaspora Voices is excited to begin this new chapter with Kiskadee Watch, offering reflections and commentaries on Guyana, the Caribbean and the diaspora.
By Pere DeRoy Pere DeRoy is a Reproductive Health Policy Researcher & Analyst Bring knowledge back to the community It was the third and final night of the Redefining Childbearing and Pregnancy-Management Care Exhibition at Black Magenta in downtown Georgetown.
By Jeremy Poynting Jeremy Poynting, founder of Peepal Tree Press, pays tribute to the late Jan Shinebourne.
The Airport Gate The Acting Appointment The Algorithm Professor Justice Courtney Abel Professor of Law (Legal Practice), University of Guyana; retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Belize; Overseas Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple Delivered as a panel presentation in Session 9, Current Tensions Between Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law, at the Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association, Kingston, Jamaica, on Wednesday 23 September 2026.
By George Mentore George Mentore is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Virginia, and author Of Passionate Curves and Desirable Cadences: Themes on Waiwai Social Being (2005).
By Crystal Atkinson, Kim Fredricks and Medino Abraham Crystal Atkinson, a Lokono and Warrau leader from Santa Rosa (Region 1), advocates for Indigenous rights, culture, and language.
By Khadidja Bâ Khadidja Bâ is a Guyanese journalist recognized for her human-interest reporting, investigative features, and coverage of local governance and social issues in Guyana.
By Melanie McTurk Melanie McTurk is a Guyanese tourism and conservation leader whose work spans cultural heritage, biodiversity and community development.
By Prof C. Justin Robinson, Pro Vice Chancellor and Campus Principal, UWI Five Islands Campus The 2026 academic year is upon us and one the realities of UWI is that in every 100 students roughly 70 are female.
Editor’s Note: This open letter was drafted in June by Jamaican academics regarding a series of recent incidents that demonstrate rampant state abandonment, anti-Blackness, and classism pervading Jamaican society and politics.
This Joint Civil Statement on the MV Barima COI and related matters was endorsed by the Guyanese Organization of Indigenous Peoples; Red Thread Crossroads Women’s Center; Transparency Institute Guyana Inc.;
By Afua Aseda Afua Aseda is a Guyanese writer who lives in Boston Editor’s Note: This week’s column celebrates the quiet life of a centenarian.
By Percy C. Hintzen Percy C. Hintzen is a Guyanese sociologist specializing in postcolonial political economy.
By Anton Allahar Anton Allahar is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario These are the questions of the moment.
By Prof C. Justin Robinson Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal, The University of the West Indies, Five Islands Campus With August 1 here, imagine an island with a church, a cemetery and children running beneath coconut trees.
By Arundhati Roy Editor’s Note: This article was first published on June 22, 2026 by The Wire, and is reprinted in Kiskadee Watch with generous permission of the author.
By Alva Solomon Alva Solomon is a Guyanese journalist who works as a senior reporter with the Royal Gazette newspaper in Bermuda Last weekend, I was celebrating a milestone I achieved in my journalism career, an occasion which transformed from joy to utmost horror, in minutes.
Prof. C. Justin Robinson is a national of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, He obtained his PhD in Finance from the University of Manchester, UK.
By Francio Guadeloupe and Pedro deWeever Pedro de Weever has a BA in English and in Business Administration.
See Part 1 HereSee Part 2 Here By Carolyn Cooper Carolyn Cooper is Professor Emerita of Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.
See Part 1 HerePart Three will be carried in Diaspora Voices, June 14, 2026 By Carolyn Cooper Carolyn Cooper is Professor Emerita of Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.