about the book
BIBLIOGRAPHY of GUYANA and GUYANESE WRITERS
The Essential Guide to Books, Films, and Documentaries on Guyana
Here is the fourth edition of a solid reference guide to books written on Guyana over the years since 1596 when Sir Walter Ralegh’s volume on part of the country first appeared. Revised and enlarged to cover nearly 300 pages, it also includes books written by Guyanese on a range of other subjects. This version contains almost 3,000 titles, well over 1,500 authors, and is comprehensively organized into an Index and three Appendices including one that lists all the known films and documentaries on the country and on other subjects by its citizens. The titles are categorized into 74 subjects as follows:
Afro-Guyanese; Agriculture; Amerindians; Amerindian Languages; Archaeology; Architecture; Art; Bibliography; Biography and Autobiography; Border Issues; Botany; Business; Caribbean; Cattle Ranching; Cheddi Jagan; Children; Chinese-Guyanese; Church History; Conservation; Cooking; Country Profile; Cultural Issues; Economic Development; Ecosystem; Education; El Dorado; Environment; Espionage; Family Life; Folk Tales; Foreign Interference; General; Geography; Geology; Global Issues; Healthcare; History; Ichthyology; Immigration Issues; Indo-Guyanese; Jonestown; Language Studies; Legal History and Cases; Literature; Local Government; Media; Memoirs; Military Affairs; Mind, Body, and Spirit; Mining; Missionary Work; Music; Natural History; Novel; Ornithology; Philately; Photographic Scenes; Poetry; Political History; Politics; Pork Knockers; Portuguese-Guyanese; Prose; Race Relations; Religion; Research; Social Studies; Sports; Trade Unions; Travel and Exploration; Walter Rodney; Women’s Issues; and Zoology
Such internationally-renowned authors as John Agard, Frank Birbalsingh, Jan Carew, Martin Carter, David Dabydeen, Wilson Harris, Roy Heath, Cheddi Jagan, Basdeo Mangru, Pauline Melville, Edgar Mittelholzer, Walter Rodney, A.J. Seymour, Ivan Van Sertima, and many more are all in this guide including other lesser known, obscure, and struggling writers.
