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May 24, 2016 News
The United Nations has designated 2015 – 2024 the Decade for people of African Descent. A committee comprising representatives of Burnham Foundation, Cuffy 250 Committee, Pan African Organization, Women’s Roundtable and Miss Emancipation Committee aims to commemorate this decade by awarding outstanding Guyanese who have made significant contribution in different forms toward the development of Guyana with emphasis on African Guyanese community.
The inaugural award ceremony would be held during the Guyana Jubilee celebrations to acknowledge African Guyanese who have made significant contributions towards the development of Guyana and the African Guyanese community over the past 50 years.
Thirteen posthumous nominees would be recognized during this historic occasion. They are L.F.S. Burnham, Mrs. Viola Burnham, Dr. Kenneth King, Dr. Faith Harding, Mr. Clarence Ellis, Mr. Winston Murray, Mrs. Deborah Backer, Dr. Gustav Jackson, Mr. Philip Moore, Dr. Herbert Nicholson, Mr. Ronald Waddle, Dr. Walter Rodney and Mr. Courtney Crum-Ewing.
Relatives of these posthumous awardees, including Roxanne Burnham, Pat Harding and Steve Backer, would be in attendance to receive the awards in their honour.
For the following eight years the following awards would be presented:
African Guyanese Business Awards 2017
Africa Guyanese Youths Awards 2018
African Guyanese Professionals 2019
African Guyanese Teachers 2020
African Guyanese promoting STEM 2021
African Guyanese in Media 2022
African Guyanese Village Awards 2023
African Guyanese of the Decade 2024
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