A note on the map outlines in this video. I have used outlines that I first took from a map showing all of 'the Guianas', which include the Spanish and Portuguese ones. These, I now realise, don't recognise the disputed nature of some of the borders, particularly that Suriname has with some of its neighbours. That map may have been out of date. I don't believe this invalidates any of the information in this particular video but in the next videos in this series (on Guyana, and later on Suriname and Guyane) I'm going to make some adjustments to reflect that some of these borders are contested. Needless to say that I don't take a position on these disputes themselves, but I probably could have drawn these borders in a way that shows more accurately that some parts of these borders are not settled. Sorry. My apologies for any offence caused.
This saddens me as for The British empire for instance , was not essentially racist especially for the past 200 years. , Many motives were from “cultural curiosity” and not always morally wrong. For instance although their were always bad people many had good intentions and often practices of cannibalism, tribal warfare and the abolishment of slavery was ended by the British by the last 200 years of the empire. British paid reparations and even attacked other countries slaves boats. Sometimes places like India wanted British rule rather than being governed by another another tribe. So this one eyed anti colonialism narrative is very one sided.
Britain twice the military power of both the Dutch Republic and France in the 17th century? I don't think so. They are called the Anglo-Dutch wars, it's the English that started them because they couldn't compete in the European trade and attacked Dutch merchants, they deserve the credits for those wars.
thought this was going to be a no-budget no-effort wikipedia recite video, then this dude actually GOES there and puts out something genuinely unique and informative
Wiki is just a starting point, but using its listed sources you can spend years filling out a single article. Still, one of the great human achievements of the modern era, and a true meritocracy.
As a Guyanese who has only lived nine years of my life in Guyana, and the majority of my life in the UK, this is so intelligently produced. It encompasses, history, geography and modern geo- political sensibilities. Thank you for bringing my little corner of South America to the world.
Dude your video is outstanding. Better than most big budget documentaries.. My family moved from Guyana when I was a kid to NYC and I was trying to learn the history of Guyana and I’m glad I came across your video can’t want for you to release the rest. You are actually the first channel that I have turned on notifications for just because of the great quality of your work… I think it would also be a good idea for you to label the videos in episodes so it will be easier to watch in chronological order should someone look for it. Keep doing what you do my man
There's not much history in this video. However, the history of the Guyanas is thankfully not extremely complex. You can definitely pick it up quite quickly.
Heard! It might be helpful to get the videos sorted in the order they were uploaded by visiting the channel itself, then clicking on the videos tab, then sort from oldest.
I have a French Guyana student , his mother tongue is taki-taki, a créole based on English : taki is talk, wata is water, buyi is to buy, for the simple part. He takes French lessons with me to improve his writing skills as he stopped going to school rather young. He is a very interesting young man and made me interested in this part of the world.
I lived in Anna Regina in 1978/9. Went to school there as a 8ish year old. The Marabuntas were the most feared insect, you just tolerated the "fire ants" red ants whilst having school assembly, then going for "Agriculture lessons" in flipflops which consitied of chopping up dried cow dung with a 'Cutlass' ( machete) . I was the only White kid in a black school, it didn't stop me being thrashed with a cane on the palm of my hand for getting my spellings wrong. This shithole country made me the positive person I am today. Never go there if you are weak.
I’m from British Guiana now called Guyana. We are now the most wealthiest country in South America. We are friendly, hardworking, hospitable, family-oriented, not loud as many cultures in South America. We are nature lovers and our food is delicious and reflects the 5 different ethnic races in our land.
Do you still have Baku there? I recall a Guyanese coworker telling me stories about the dreaded Baku, devilish dwarfs that smoke cigars and do their masters bidding.
@Picasso_Picante92 I remember my childhood home was haunted and my sister described small scary spirit looking at her at night. Not sure if that was a Baku
Personally, I'm A little uneasy because it's one person's name, rather than something like VICE, for example. Obviously many people are willing to work for him under his name to support the channel, but it does lead to many questions...
And French Guyana is part of Latin America, because they speak French that it’s a Latin language, so French Guyana is a Latino country. The guy started saying they are not Latinos 😂 France is part of Latin Europe.
@sos.gamers - You are committing a gross error in interpretation. You think etymology is the same as definition, especially one with a clear context that is obviously NOT the same definition. French is not "Latino". Just because you are self-impressed with the idea that you know French is largely from Latin doesn't mean the world's languages comport with your demands..
@bruzote Latín Europeans (Italy, France’s, Spain, Portugal, Rumanía, Luxembourg, Monaco etc) invented the therm “Latin Americans”, well the French’s invented it, they needed to differentiate the Latin Europeans immigrants in the American continent (not USA) so they created the word “Latin Americans”, as always US Citizens started to short the word and call Latinos to every single person that is for some reason “brown” or have a tanned skin color making incredibly confusing for the rest of the world, also for ignorant people to believe that being “Latino” is a human race or a skin color. When the fact being Latino only means that that person belongs to a cultural identity and spoke a Latin language that comes from Latin Europe.
@sos.gamersI'm starting to suspect yakee's use of the word Latino is a label meaning "Spanish or Portuguese speaking person with precolombian physical features". So, a blond blue-eyed European or black African looking person won't match that definition either even if they are from an American Spanish/Portuguese speaking country.
Terrific work. Your calm, to the point delivery free from sensationalization, unnecessarily reaching pauses and hyper editing really makes this a joy to watch. Looking forward to the whole series. This is truly a region most of the world knows almost nothing about.
This was my first time stumbling across your page. RUclips suggested it to me, cause I have always watched geography videos about the Guianas. A lot of videos I've seen have been repetitive information about the Guianas, but this was super refreshing! Bravo! Honestly, I instantly subscribed- I love the delivery of infiormation and the real world footage. You can't find a lot of quality pics/videos about this region online. Thank you fo your service!!!
RUclips doesn't always have good video suggestions, but when it does, it delivers gems like this. Thanks. I've always wondered about those three territories. And I look forward to learning more.
Me too. Went to Paramaribo once on a 48hr business trip, and it was a confusing multicultural whirlwind. Getting driven down to the airport (40+ km? away) over dirt roads at 5am felt surreal.
I lived in Suriname for about a year in 2016. This is a very accurate story of these three very strange countries. The people I lived with were of Indian and African descent. Very industrious.
Greeting from the Netherlands! I hope to visit one day. Met a lot of Surinamers here and appearently there are people with my last name living there! I'd love to hear their stories. Asking around my family it turns out one of my forefathers brothers married a local and started a family there.
I am so thankful to people like Alex who now post their great adventures and video work on RUclips. When I was about 12 in the 1950's I remember my mom taking me to see films like this at the Santa Monica Playhouse Theater. It was twenty five years ago when in order to see shows like this we had to see a series being offered in our local newspaper and pay to enter a small community hall or theater in order to see what was advertised as a travel documentary. I often bought a VHS copy just to support the filmmakers for their future travels. Now at 79, I can watch them all day or night at home on my large computer screen, WHAT A TREAT! There have always been travelers who wanted to record and share their adventures with those of us who stay closer to home. I AM SO THANKFUL TO THEM ALL.
Just an incredible, informative video... My Wife and I being from Trinidad & Tobago - we have some Guyanese friends and some Trinidadian friends that live or have lived there. But I NEVER knew the history like this! I'm blown away...I'm subscribing to your channel for sure :)
Thank you for this fantastic video. My dad was born and raised in Guyana when it was still under British rule. He often talks about how they didn't learn any Guyanese history or geography - only British. I always send him videos like this and he loves them. He's almost 90 (!) and to this day still talks about the beauty and drama of the Kaeiteur Falls. Thanks for teaching us both!
What do you mean "almost 90!"? I'm 91, and I think and hope I've still got all my marbles, although sadly a short future to enjoy this sort of material in.
My father was also born and raised in BG and worked on a sugarcane plantation as a teenager until his mid twenties. He died last year at age 102 and he rarely spoke much about Guyana… He didn’t ever go back not even to visit once emigrated to the U.S.
My father was also born and raised in BG and worked on a sugarcane plantation as a teenager until his mid twenties. He died last year at age 102 and he rarely spoke much about Guyana… He didn’t ever go back not even to visit once emigrated to the U.S.
I mean, there was no history to learn. The tribes there before the Europeans came only kept a loose oral history. There’s some archeological information to add to that but overall there’s not much there. Oral histories are pretty intangible, getting changed over the generations and becoming more mythology than history.
@JohnSmith-op7ls i think he means they didn't learn about the history of the colonization, geography, and population of guyana in any formal way. But they did learn that for britan
My late wife was Indian Guyanese and my in laws grew up in one of the sugar plantations. They spoke a creole version of Hindi as well as Guyanese creole. It was quite fascinating listening to some of the conversations where they would switch between the two. The Guyanese Indian story is fascinating and I look forward to hearing your take on it
my dad is chinese -indo Guyanese ( his dad is from ghounzhou china and went to guyana and married my grandmother who was half Chinese and half Indian ) my moms dad is Guyanese chinese and her mom is Guyanese with a mix of Scottish , British , German , black and south American native Indian and cousins who are Portuguese Guyanese
@gillpelageyes. Although hope to one day actually visit guyana from my parents I learned alot. I actually had a staff member at a hospital in canada tell me only whites are allowed to in South America And crossed his hands angrily and told me he wanted me to admit that -lmfao i contacted his head and got an apology. Lol after I educated them
And a very open perspective on the population dynamics. I love colonial videos that point out when relevant that the Europeans did very little if any of the work of settlement and agriculture.
Great video, it was really impressive that you actually went there instead of just relaying on stock photo, look forward to the rest of the series. I visited all three of them shortly before the Pandemic, and your video brought back good memories. I actually thought there were more Javanese people than Indian in Suriname since the Javanese culture and cuisine felt more visible.
@michip.904 I would say as long as you stay away from areas with lots of forest. I've lived in suriname for almost 10 years now and I've only seen a hairy spider in the city once. the other big spider was when i went to swim with friends 3 hours away from the capital (:
My dad worked in French Suriname in the 1950s and 60s. He loved it. Spoke often of the people, the diversity and the beauty of his surroundings. This video is the first time I’ve seen anything accurate, respectful and completely free of judgement or racism. Thank you for the work! Please know it’s valuable and important ❤️
TOTAL JUDGMENT! This guy real p*ssed off about the history of the people. Wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he isn’t in his government petitioning for reparations!!
Fascinating! Took accelerated World History and Geography in 8th and 9th grades in VA, USA in the early 1970's. Learned more in less than 30 minutes watching this. So much for two semesters. I've learned more as an adult while seeking historical places and reading about places out of curosity. Excited for the rest of the series.
Brit here. Lived in Paramaribo for 5 years. Mosque next to a Synagogue. British swapped Suriname for New York. Annie the slave chief. Madame Du Plessis. Friends who lost family in the air crash. The Four Jets monument in town. 3 course meal on riverfront restaurant in 1998 costing 5 dollars. The heat and rain. Saint Laurant, and the river crossing. Papillon. The beauty and joy of the people. People on 100 dollars per month, who could speak 5 languages, and thought it normal. Everyone walking into a waiting room, and saying good morning to everyone sitting there, and getting the same reply. Fawaka. Alles a bong. ❤❤❤❤
I just came back from Suriname. Took a trip inside the interieur as well, i stayed at Kabalebo in the middle of the jungle. Think i was never so far isolated from other people in my life before, it was a great trip! Really excited for your series!
The country of Suriname is still Dutch, correct? Is Dutch still spoken there? That's one heck of a rare destination for a vacation! It would seem to me that none of these countries receive many tourists. Excellent choice. All the best to you.
@higherresolution4490 Suriname became independent in 1975 after having been an autonomous country within the so called "Kingdom of the Netherlands"for the last 20 years. Before that it was a dutch colony. In 1975 25% of the inhabitants came to the Netherlands. Quite a phenomenon all of a sudden. The Suriname lenguage is "Sranang Tongo " I read that the official ( government , etc. ) lenguage is dutch. In the ( former ) dutch Antilles the lenguage is called Papiamento. But I suppose it varies per island. So Suriname is well known ( a bit) by the Dutch and not at all an unknown area. The Guyanas are though. I think tourism is picking up to Sur. but the trip is very expensive. From Europe anyway.
This is wonderful, thank you for your thorough research and calm, clear, sensitive delivery. My father and his family are from Guyana. I’ve been learning more about it but there’s only so much information out there. Your videos are helpful and greatly appreciated!
This is a lot of history we never get in the US. When I was a child and through my teens I collected stamps. This taught me a lot about geography and a minuscule amount the country and famous people based on the stamp graphics. But I never learned much about the who and why and when. Now, approaching 70, I'm learning a lot more about history because of channels like yours. Thank you. (subbed)
I feel the same way. RUclips has become the new history teacher and the fascinating thing is everyone can see and learn from all corners of the world simultaneously. Amazing time and method to gather knowledge of our world. This medium may have been created for funny cat videos but it has morphed into a one stop knowledge and enlightenment hub. As a direct result I have traveled to South America and Africa and will hopefully get to visit other parts of the world thanx to YT😊🎉
I lived in Guyana for 6 months in 2018. I was fortunate enough to spend significant time living with Amerindians in the jungle where the only way of travel is by wooden boat. I really enjoyed my time there and appreciated the Wild West feeling. Most of the people I met throughout the country were super friendly. Hands down the best fruit you will ever find
I lived and worked in Guyana from 1995-97 and left my heart there. As I worked with the government, I was privileged enough to travel extensively and freely. The falls were absolutely breathtaking, I found very sad to see the levels of gold mining devastation in relatively short time, as I have many photos taken from the planes with zero damage.
With videos like this, I don't have to go on expensive and exhausting tours with strangers. You make it possible to tour the world from the comfort of our living room. Thank you. 🇨🇦 🇹🇹
We travel for many different reasons, but mainly to have first hand experience of a place. These vid enable us not to do the hard work of being bitten, broken and sickened by travel bugs. These vids are mainly for mature people, not for the young who can still do the rigorous first had travel experience.
My mother was born in British Guiana in 1915, her family were part of the small white community in Georgetown. She was a wonderful, gentle and unsophisticated lady, very Catholic and innocent of the evils of the world. She lived a sheltered, domestic existence within a large family until my English father met and married her during WW2. One of her brothers, flying a Cessna into the interior disappeared and he and his aircraft were never found.
Mate that was an awesome video. So we’ll put together. Fascinating insights and a great spine to your storytelling. You should be proud of that! Great effort. And brilliant soundtrack
So interesting! I have been quite curious about (and confused about!) the guianas for a long long time. You are right that they seem never to be discussed anywhere. Thank you for this!
Insanely high quality video. So many of the other geographical and historical documentaries on youtube are similar in how they talk about the places in their videos as yours, but the added effort of conversing with the people there and showing new footage of the countries and territory, actually GOING THERE yourself really brings this a level up on many others. Thank you for using the funds from this channel to make even better videos. Instant subscribe, can't wait for the next one.
I'm home from hospital recovering from major surgery, have nearly a foot of staples in my belly, from my breast line to just through and below my bellybutton, ok!, tmi, I'm so greatful for your excellent lessons in history, looking at this subject from so many angles, anthropological, European history views, South American sensibilities, so great! Cannot thank you enough, to have something so interesting to watch and listen to, so well presented, thank you, more than I can say, for doing your own narration, this is the type of thing thst gets my juices flowing, I am so down, now I want to travel there when recovered....most excellent series
I’m a New Zealander & have been writing a factional book set in British Guiana 1800s. My father & other 17:26 ancestors lived there. I was amazed to find another kiwi having made this very recent & excellent video about Guyana. I’m looking forward to the videos on Surinam & French Guiana.
Thank you! Being the cricket tragic, it has always fascinated me that Guyana, located on the most football mad continent, has produced some of the greatest cricketers ever - Lance Gibbs, Clive Lloyd, Shiv Chnderpaul etc. Their football team is associated with the same group as Canada and not the rest of South America. Such an anomaly!
Our Medical Doctor in the Psychiatric Unit I worked at the 1980's was originally from the Philippines. He and his wife established a clinic in the interior of Guianas where they had to cover all medical emergency that came their way. I remember his stories of critical surgeries under the duress of the lack of proper medical tools, medicines, imaging devices...etc. Doctor A's wife learned her role of surgical nurse on the job, in the moment. They are now a mighty fine team and asset to our community. I am enjoying this presentation a bunch. Thanks
psychiatry is neither medicine nor science, it's drug and human trafficking, and political repression. It breached the Nurnberg Code and does so every day globally - see Duplessis Orphans. You know the sentence of Nurnberg for Crimes against humanity
They’re all Latino bc they fall in Latin America, just like Brazil is Latino too bc they are in South America even tho they speak Portuguese. I think the creator meant to say they are not Hispanic, as they are not Spanish majority. Just as Spain is Hispanic due to speaking Spanish but not Latino due to not being in Latin America if that makes sense
@Trifln214 Can't blame you the average american can't even locate Mexico on a map tbh. So, "latino" isn't a race nor a region. "latin people" refers to everyone who speaks a language that originated from latin as their main language. In fact, anyone who primarily speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, or Romanian is "latino."
That was a fascinating video. I knew nothing about Guyana before this. Clearly your exploration and research were put to good use. I will watch your other videos on this topic.
Absolutely fascinating! As a geography/anthropology enthusiast, I cant believe I know nothing of this region of the world. I'm excited to learn more. Thanks for the great video!
Can't wait for the next part of thia series! This is one of the best made videos of its kind I think I've ever seen. I must confess, I am envious! EXCELLENT content! Thank you for your work!
Left (British) Guyana when I was 10. Learning about its’ geography only now. Did not know the shield prevented access to the Guyana’s and cities were primarily along the northern coast. My dad was from China. He told us of his journey thru the Panama Canal, and they being a minority, had to be in the cargo area of the ship. Very educational.👍🙏🏻
The Guianas are fascinating places that are understudied. Really glad to see mention of the Suriname maroons and I hope that there's more discussed there. That said my understanding is many of the Maroon languages are Akan derived and some are even mutually intelligible to modern Akan. I was surprised to hear that their language are English derived. When discussing British Guiana and their African populations I hope the co-operative village movement is mentioned. It's tough to track down sources on this, as many are old and were never widely published, but it is a fascinating and unique example of post-emancipation afro-caribbean life looked like.
Then you need to read more and learn how to do extremely very basic search on RUclips, which the average person doesnt seem to know how to do. Its just disturbing how slow the average person is.
@LiveYourLifeWithJoy well on average between 600 and 800 USD. Depends a bit on where you stay , amount of rent etcetera. Power usage about 30 USD, water 7 USD per month.
This is amazing. I’m born in British Guyana and forgot half of a 1/4 of this and was never even told the rest. Being African is devastatingly heart wrenching. It’s hurts so much to loos so much of your history and ppl. I never thought of how much the ground is made of my ancestors. 😢😩💔 im in the US now for many years and hear the stories of African Americans but never African Guyanese.
@LaTigreGold-t2uJesus did not preach this, you are not following Christ’s teachings you are following modern man’s bastardized version of it. Read the words of Christ and his disciples in the language he spoke. Aramaic, why rely on translations of translations of men who did not love Jesus.
I think Venezuela is a disappointment. Not only they don't fix their own problems, they keep exporting their worst people like the Tren de Aragua gang to USA.
As s world geo teacher I was amazed at this video. Great work. This content it's what RUclips was meant for. I hope your channel grows because you deserve it. This region is almost often overlooked. Our current curriculum only mentions the tapuis and that's about it. Thanks for sharing the rich history of the region. Can't wait for the next video.
Love when I (rarely) find gems like this channel educating me beyond the depressing news picture of today! Ashamed to admit that this part of the world only generated mental images of Cool Aid and cults before this video...
It's always nice to watch your videos: the quality of the images, the music, the sound and the passion and effort you put on all this. Keep up with the good work!
Absolutely amazing. When i visited Iguazu, it made Niagra Falls look like running water from a sink. Kaieteur does the same thing to Gargantua de Diablo.
Very well put together video. A lot of research went into the making of it for sure. When I visited the Guyana's more than 10 years ago I was struck by the fact that they had so little interaction with each other. How distrustful of each other they were. How separate they were from South America, and at the same time separate from their Caribbean neighborurs.
I’m so glad that someone is taking the time to tell the real history of the Guianas. I grew up in Barbados in the 70s and 80s. It was common for the older folks to denigrate people from Guyana because their country was far less developed than ours. Some Caribbean islands were described as the “low islands” (St Lucia, St Vincent, Dominica, and some others) because they were years behind Barbados in development. These disparities were wholly caused by colonialism and the vestiges of slavery. When Guyana and other countries achieved independence, they started with nothing, just like other Caribbean nations. It’s a testament to the resilience of leaders and citizens, alike, for how far they have all come!
@boethius1812 I’m not clear what you mean by “most enslaved islands.” Also, which islands are you referring to? The entire Caribbean has progressed so much since the independence trend started in the 1960s. They haven’t all gone in the same direction. For example, Barbados, St Lucia, and others have focused heavily on tourism, while Trinidad and Tobago went heavily into industry. Jamaica did both. It was really all about what they started with.
@earlysda anyone who ever lived in a country that had been colonized, and was not a member of the colonial class, their education was poor… intentionally.
As a Caribbean native from a nearby island, i gotta say you did REALLY WELL about our South American brethren!! I was recomended this video and now I'm going to stick around to see the rest of the series
I've been to some of the islands nearby Guyana including the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, Saint Lucia, the Commonwealth of Dominica and Antigua & Barbuda. Each island is unique. I note that Trinidad - the accents and people are really similar to Guyana. Although I must say the Belizean accent sounds a lot closer to the Guyanese accent even though Belize (formerly British Honduras) is located far away in Central America. Belize is the only English speaking country in Central America just as Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America.
Are the people of the Caribbean still the Caribs or they eventually got replaced by different groups of people, like how Haiti is mostly African these days or how America is mostly white?
Fantastic! How have you gone under my radar? I'm subscribed and chomping at the bit for more. Well done, mate. Can't wait to watch more of your content.
Fascinating, I'm hooked already and thirsty for more about this huge place with such a checkered history. Thank you for opening this amazing book for us all.
My mum's side of the family is from Guyana. I was lucky to sit and listen to stories from my Great Grandad of growing up in Guyana as a Cattle farmer. He told stories of befriending a jaguar, diving for diamonds, racing horses and the beauty of the country. He told me that after his father he does not know his family. Any records that existed are gone if there were any in the first place and our family name is unknown. It was a bitter note to a great story and one day I will travel to Guyana to explore the country and see the beauty he spoke of
Very impressive and informative overview of that part of the Americas! This is the kind of scholarly material that should make YT proud. Mr. Rothman has a speaking style that is as once authoritative, accessible and most of all encyclopedic.
This BLEW ME AWAY. Amazing reporting and breaking down of the information fairly sourced and transparent. It's an understatement saying it's such an unknown part of the world that's right in the middle of everything. Like a blackhole of information the entire continent around it obscures.
I lived in french guanne for 6 months. 30 years ago. it was the wild west with no police,a bankrobbery where all 8 employees died, linemen sent out and never came back found with arrows in them, I would stand hitching a ride at the harbour with the" boni" who had spears and wore red loin cloths. and that night watch as Kouru sent off a satellite rocket red across the black sky. surreal. paddled in with 20 dollars in my pocket,spent 3 months barely surviving and the next 3 working as a capenter where built a beautiful mortice and tennin roof for a land owner, 1 meal a day and cash money. I slept on a 10 meter sailboat and had a dinghy to shore. guyanne is not a place for sissys. It is a place of storys earned.
And I thought I was adventurous! What a brilliant life experience. Sounds like you might be from Australia or another country in the British Commonwealth. Most of my fellow Americans could not even identify a single country in South America, let alone any of the Guianas.
@higherresolution4490 I could go on forever about guanne. I am an american that became a french bohemian for a while.For the french guanne is a stop over of 2 years to replenish their moneys to continue their voyage by sail. It is the best life.
@higherresolution4490whatta self righteous clown. Just because you only pay attention to the sheep of my country don’t assume we are all like that. It’s very prevalent but the media makes it look like a far worse problem than what it is. There’s a great deal of individuals in America who are polite, adventurous, educated, ambitious, with unique perspectives and interests. To believe all Americans are dull or unintelligent is so ignorant and actually shows how arrogant the British common wealth is. We have our problems but we are still the main military and political super power of the world. And that is not because of the dull or sheep Americans that are constantly speaking on Facebook.
I'm visiting the Guyanas right now, and I'm in Georgetown. I've learned so much from your video! I'll be heading to Suriname next week, then French Guiana, and then back to Brazil, where I'm currently living and traveling around making RUclips videos. Just wanted to say thanks🙏
Amazing video. It's incredible how little we know about the Guianas here in Brazil, especially in the south. Such a complex territory with such a history, it's baffling how it feels like the place is in a whole different continent. It's also great to hear from people that are neighbors for us Brazilian, and yet we know so little about, I learnt a lot from reading the comments and watching the video. Great content!
Now this is the content I am looking for on youtube! As frenchman myself I genuinely can't remember ever talking about Guiana in school (I would assume because it doesn't exactly pain us as "the good guys") and I know shamefully little about its people and history. Well researched and respectful educational content on places like this is something that is way too rare and I commend you for doing it, I definitely will check out the rest of your channel and be waiting for the follow up videos :)
On ne parle jamais de la Guyane parce qu'il s'agit d'une région française. Sans mentionner sa faible importance. Pour ce qui est de passer pour les "gentils" ne t'inquiètes pas l'éducation nationale fait son travail sur le colonialisme
@vlcr9259Cela fait quelques que temps que j'ai été moi même à l'école, peut être que le sujet est mieux couvert de nos jours. Personnellement je n'ai aucun souvenir que la Guyane, ou tout autre territoires français, est été discuté pendant mes cours, mais c'est aussi une lacune que j'aurais put facilement combler de mon côté. Jusqu'à il y a quelques jours je ne savais même pas que la Polynésie française existait :x
@Evvins oui c'est notable que l'outre-mer est assez peu évoqué, ce qui est cocasse puisque des sujets sur le reste de l'Europe et la colonisation/de l'Afrique et de l'Amérique sont inclus, notamment sur les volets tel que le commerce triangulaire ou la colonisation
As an Australian, I am very familiar with French Polynesia and also Muraroa Attol where France let off nuclear bombs and even blew up a vessel in Auckland Harbour,killing a man. The region protested massively against the so called French Tests. Still I can't be too smug and sanctimonious in my condemnation; it was with uranium bought from Australia.@Evvins
On parle jamais de la Vendée non plus donc pourquoi aborderait-on le sujet de la Guyane qui ne nous concerne en rien. Faut arrêter d’etre des paillassons a un moment. Moi je suis très fier de ce que nous avons fait.
May I say what an amazing, intelligent posts these are. I lived in British Guyana in the 1990’s and it was the most powerful experience of my life. I worked for the government in the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs as an assistant to the Minister Mr. Vibert De Souza who was appointed the first Minister of Amerindian Affairs
This has to be by far the best documentary in terms of accuracy and respect to the peoples of the Guianas that I have seen on RUclips. Thank you so much for the time that you have placed into this introduction video. I am looking forward to watching the rest of the series. As a Surinamese descendant born in the United States, I am excited to share this series with the rest of my family scattered between the Netherlands, United States, and Suriname.
This was a wonderful comment to read! Thanks for watching. Videos on Suriname will be coming, but they are right at the end of the series, so it might be a while I'm afraid
A note on the map outlines in this video. I have used outlines that I first took from a map showing all of 'the Guianas', which include the Spanish and Portuguese ones. These, I now realise, don't recognise the disputed nature of some of the borders, particularly that Suriname has with some of its neighbours. That map may have been out of date. I don't believe this invalidates any of the information in this particular video but in the next videos in this series (on Guyana, and later on Suriname and Guyane) I'm going to make some adjustments to reflect that some of these borders are contested. Needless to say that I don't take a position on these disputes themselves, but I probably could have drawn these borders in a way that shows more accurately that some parts of these borders are not settled. Sorry. My apologies for any offence caused.
I appreciate the disclaimer.
Thanks for pointing that out
This saddens me as for The British empire for instance , was not essentially racist especially for the past 200 years. , Many motives were from “cultural curiosity” and not always morally wrong. For instance although their were always bad people many had good intentions and often practices of cannibalism, tribal warfare and the abolishment of slavery was ended by the British by the last 200 years of the empire. British paid reparations and even attacked other countries slaves boats. Sometimes places like India wanted British rule rather than being governed by another another tribe. So this one eyed anti colonialism narrative is very one sided.
that is the correct border of Suriname and Guyana.. Guyana has been trying to take our land for years.. they want our shiny stuff
Britain twice the military power of both the Dutch Republic and France in the 17th century? I don't think so. They are called the Anglo-Dutch wars, it's the English that started them because they couldn't compete in the European trade and attacked Dutch merchants, they deserve the credits for those wars.
thought this was going to be a no-budget no-effort wikipedia recite video, then this dude actually GOES there and puts out something genuinely unique and informative
Yeah me too, fascinating.
I love it when it’s pure in verbatim and cover it like they did intense research.
Wiki is just a starting point, but using its listed sources you can spend years filling out a single article. Still, one of the great human achievements of the modern era, and a true meritocracy.
@panjandrum.conundrumWikipedia is not a true meritocracy, lol. Far from it. Just listen to what one of the founders themselves has to say about it.
Isn’t it amazing! I love RUclips ❤
As a Guyanese who has only lived nine years of my life in Guyana, and the majority of my life in the UK, this is so intelligently produced. It encompasses, history, geography and modern geo- political sensibilities. Thank you for bringing my little corner of South America to the world.
Nobody cares, this has nothing to do with you. Piss off.
Dude your video is outstanding. Better than most big budget documentaries.. My family moved from Guyana when I was a kid to NYC and I was trying to learn the history of Guyana and I’m glad I came across your video can’t want for you to release the rest. You are actually the first channel that I have turned on notifications for just because of the great quality of your work… I think it would also be a good idea for you to label the videos in episodes so it will be easier to watch in chronological order should someone look for it. Keep doing what you do my man
I agree! I met him personally in one of my tour inn Turkmenistan. He's a down to earth person! I like his Channel!
There's not much history in this video. However, the history of the Guyanas is thankfully not extremely complex. You can definitely pick it up quite quickly.
Heard! It might be helpful to get the videos sorted in the order they were uploaded by visiting the channel itself, then clicking on the videos tab, then sort from oldest.
Excellent idea labelling & dating these videos that consist of history in the making
I have a French Guyana student , his mother tongue is taki-taki, a créole based on English : taki is talk, wata is water, buyi is to buy, for the simple part. He takes French lessons with me to improve his writing skills as he stopped going to school rather young. He is a very interesting young man and made me interested in this part of the world.
I lived in Anna Regina in 1978/9. Went to school there as a 8ish year old. The Marabuntas were the most feared insect, you just tolerated the "fire ants" red ants whilst having school assembly, then going for "Agriculture lessons" in flipflops which consitied of chopping up dried cow dung with a 'Cutlass' ( machete) . I was the only White kid in a black school, it didn't stop me being thrashed with a cane on the palm of my hand for getting my spellings wrong. This shithole country made me the positive person I am today. Never go there if you are weak.
I’m from British Guiana now called Guyana. We are now the most wealthiest country in South America. We are friendly, hardworking, hospitable, family-oriented, not loud as many cultures in South America. We are nature lovers and our food is delicious and reflects the 5 different ethnic races in our land.
But being gay is illegal
love to visit, but theres a but.. what about bugs, insects? we have almost none🤷👏🙋🇨🇿
Do you still have Baku there? I recall a Guyanese coworker telling me stories about the dreaded Baku, devilish dwarfs that smoke cigars and do their masters bidding.
@Picasso_Picante92 I remember my childhood home was haunted and my sister described small scary spirit looking at her at night. Not sure if that was a Baku
@TheoisTeddy since we are literally in the Amazon, there are flying insects
I don't understand how content this polished has not lead to many more subscribers. Fantastic work!
Personally, I'm A little uneasy because it's one person's name, rather than something like VICE, for example. Obviously many people are willing to work for him under his name to support the channel, but it does lead to many questions...
@squirlmywhat are you uneasy about?
@squirlmy huh?
@squirlmyWho cares if it's his name?
I mean Johnny Harris channel has a persons name too, but he has a team of people working with him
Pretty common to use mercury to separate the gold…and then dump the toxic heavy metal into the local rivers. 😳
I grew up in Kourou, French Guiana. Super happy you gave it a spotlight! My childhood was a lucky one there
It sounds like your username checks out with your childhood!
And French Guyana is part of Latin America, because they speak French that it’s a Latin language, so French Guyana is a Latino country. The guy started saying they are not Latinos 😂 France is part of Latin Europe.
@sos.gamers - You are committing a gross error in interpretation. You think etymology is the same as definition, especially one with a clear context that is obviously NOT the same definition. French is not "Latino". Just because you are self-impressed with the idea that you know French is largely from Latin doesn't mean the world's languages comport with your demands..
@bruzote Latín Europeans (Italy, France’s, Spain, Portugal, Rumanía, Luxembourg, Monaco etc) invented the therm “Latin Americans”, well the French’s invented it, they needed to differentiate the Latin Europeans immigrants in the American continent (not USA) so they created the word “Latin Americans”, as always US Citizens started to short the word and call Latinos to every single person that is for some reason “brown” or have a tanned skin color making incredibly confusing for the rest of the world, also for ignorant people to believe that being “Latino” is a human race or a skin color. When the fact being Latino only means that that person belongs to a cultural identity and spoke a Latin language that comes from Latin Europe.
@sos.gamersI'm starting to suspect yakee's use of the word Latino is a label meaning "Spanish or Portuguese speaking person with precolombian physical features". So, a blond blue-eyed European or black African looking person won't match that definition either even if they are from an American Spanish/Portuguese speaking country.
Terrific work. Your calm, to the point delivery free from sensationalization, unnecessarily reaching pauses and hyper editing really makes this a joy to watch. Looking forward to the whole series. This is truly a region most of the world knows almost nothing about.
Good points, may I add : a conspicuous lack of random inflection and rising intonation. Also missing: requisite hipster glasses and haircut.
The calm voice is nice for a change.
This was my first time stumbling across your page. RUclips suggested it to me, cause I have always watched geography videos about the Guianas. A lot of videos I've seen have been repetitive information about the Guianas, but this was super refreshing! Bravo! Honestly, I instantly subscribed- I love the delivery of infiormation and the real world footage. You can't find a lot of quality pics/videos about this region online. Thank you fo your service!!!
Thanks a lot, many more videos to come!
Very well said. Great comment and I couldn't agree more about this video!
I recommend reading Wild Coast by John Gimlette. Tons of history I'd never heard before about this part of the world.
@josh0g I can also highly recommend this book
Informative video...thanks!! Ive been to almost 100 countries, but never there.
RUclips doesn't always have good video suggestions, but when it does, it delivers gems like this.
Thanks. I've always wondered about those three territories. And I look forward to learning more.
The algorithm nailed this one for sure. Seems like it was getting pushed to a lot of new people
Think of or question anything and use the SEARCH on RUclips and you will learn something.
Me too. Went to Paramaribo once on a 48hr business trip, and it was a confusing multicultural whirlwind. Getting driven down to the airport (40+ km? away) over dirt roads at 5am felt surreal.
I lived in Suriname for about a year in 2016. This is a very accurate story of these three very strange countries. The people I lived with were of Indian and African descent. Very industrious.
Watching this from Suriname 🇸🇷
is Tyron Spong popular over there?
Greeting from the Netherlands! I hope to visit one day. Met a lot of Surinamers here and appearently there are people with my last name living there! I'd love to hear their stories. Asking around my family it turns out one of my forefathers brothers married a local and started a family there.
Rare 😯
The Snakewood that comes from Suriname is probably the most beautiful wood on the planet.
Your food saved my life in Den Hag,,, (Cubana Erica's here)
I am so thankful to people like Alex who now post their great adventures and video work on RUclips. When I was about 12 in the 1950's I remember my mom taking me to see films like
this at the Santa Monica Playhouse Theater.
It was twenty five years ago when in order to see shows like this we had to see a
series being offered in our local newspaper and pay to enter a small community hall or theater in order to see what was advertised as a travel documentary. I often bought a VHS copy just
to support the filmmakers for their future travels.
Now at 79, I can watch them all day or night at home on my large computer screen, WHAT A TREAT!
There have always been travelers who wanted to record and share their adventures with those of us who stay closer to home. I AM SO THANKFUL TO THEM ALL.
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it also feels like a gift to read your comment.
i appreciate your appreciation
I sense him to be MUCH MORE than just a traveler!
He's a HISTORY BUFF, bar none!
I agree! He's clear, articulate and has gone to a place that would be difficult to deal with.
Suriname is such a mix, there is a mosque, tempel and church all next door to each other without any trouble between them.
Just an incredible, informative video... My Wife and I being from Trinidad & Tobago - we have some Guyanese friends and some Trinidadian friends that live or have lived there. But I NEVER knew the history like this! I'm blown away...I'm subscribing to your channel for sure :)
Exceptional reporting, and extremely interesting. 10/10
Thank you for this fantastic video. My dad was born and raised in Guyana when it was still under British rule. He often talks about how they didn't learn any Guyanese history or geography - only British. I always send him videos like this and he loves them. He's almost 90 (!) and to this day still talks about the beauty and drama of the Kaeiteur Falls. Thanks for teaching us both!
What do you mean "almost 90!"? I'm 91, and I think and hope I've still got all my marbles, although sadly a short future to enjoy this sort of material in.
My father was also born and raised in BG and worked on a sugarcane plantation as a teenager until his mid twenties. He died last year at age 102 and he rarely spoke much about Guyana… He didn’t ever go back not even to visit once emigrated to the U.S.
My father was also born and raised in BG and worked on a sugarcane plantation as a teenager until his mid twenties. He died last year at age 102 and he rarely spoke much about Guyana… He didn’t ever go back not even to visit once emigrated to the U.S.
I mean, there was no history to learn. The tribes there before the Europeans came only kept a loose oral history. There’s some archeological information to add to that but overall there’s not much there. Oral histories are pretty intangible, getting changed over the generations and becoming more mythology than history.
@JohnSmith-op7ls i think he means they didn't learn about the history of the colonization, geography, and population of guyana in any formal way. But they did learn that for britan
My late wife was Indian Guyanese and my in laws grew up in one of the sugar plantations. They spoke a creole version of Hindi as well as Guyanese creole. It was quite fascinating listening to some of the conversations where they would switch between the two. The Guyanese Indian story is fascinating and I look forward to hearing your take on it
my dad is chinese -indo Guyanese ( his dad is from ghounzhou china and went to guyana and married my grandmother who was half Chinese and half Indian )
my moms dad is Guyanese chinese and her mom is Guyanese with a mix of Scottish , British , German , black and south American native Indian and cousins who are Portuguese Guyanese
@ what an amazing heritage!
@AroundtheworldChick we mix-up by (said with Guyanese singy songy voice)
@gillpelageyes. Although hope to one day actually visit guyana from my parents I learned alot. I actually had a staff member at a hospital in canada tell me only whites are allowed to in South America
And crossed his hands angrily and told me he wanted me to admit that -lmfao i contacted his head and got an apology.
Lol after I educated them
@Rizviramblesthank you :)
I am from guyana. Great video Alex.
Me too cous
which one
@geornaidv there's only one
@geornaidvdid you even watch the video? 😂
My introduction to this area was the US cult of Jim Jones that “ drank the Koolaid” when things went bad for them.
Love how you talk. Very calm. With no fake and annoying hype
Yes, I could go to sleep every night listening to him..😂
No annoying "uptalk" or "vocal fry". Just pleasant sounds for my ears. 😊
Kiwi accent
His voice is so calm that I would always fall asleep in his classes 😭
Imagine this is him at his 'hypest'
Insanely good video man. So much effort put into this and it shows.
Glad you enjoyed it!
And a very open perspective on the population dynamics. I love colonial videos that point out when relevant that the Europeans did very little if any of the work of settlement and agriculture.
Great video, it was really impressive that you actually went there instead of just relaying on stock photo, look forward to the rest of the series. I visited all three of them shortly before the Pandemic, and your video brought back good memories. I actually thought there were more Javanese people than Indian in Suriname since the Javanese culture and cuisine felt more visible.
I would love to travel there too but I have a little arachnophobia. Did you see many hairy spiders in the cities?
@michip.904 I would say as long as you stay away from areas with lots of forest. I've lived in suriname for almost 10 years now and I've only seen a hairy spider in the city once. the other big spider was when i went to swim with friends 3 hours away from the capital (:
My dad worked in French Suriname in the 1950s and 60s. He loved it. Spoke often of the people, the diversity and the beauty of his surroundings. This video is the first time I’ve seen anything accurate, respectful and completely free of judgement or racism. Thank you for the work! Please know it’s valuable and important ❤️
You mean French Guiana.
French Suriname 😂 At least try to put some effort
Suriname is Dutch!
TOTAL JUDGMENT! This guy real p*ssed off about the history of the people. Wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he isn’t in his government petitioning for reparations!!
you should move there
Fascinating! Took accelerated World History and Geography in 8th and 9th grades in VA, USA in the early 1970's. Learned more in less than 30 minutes watching this. So much for two semesters. I've learned more as an adult while seeking historical places and reading about places out of curosity. Excited for the rest of the series.
Brit here. Lived in Paramaribo for 5 years. Mosque next to a Synagogue.
British swapped Suriname for New York. Annie the slave chief. Madame Du Plessis. Friends who lost family in the air crash. The Four Jets monument in town. 3 course meal on riverfront restaurant in 1998 costing 5 dollars. The heat and rain.
Saint Laurant, and the river crossing. Papillon. The beauty and joy of the people. People on 100 dollars per month, who could speak 5 languages, and thought it normal.
Everyone walking into a waiting room, and saying good morning to everyone sitting there, and getting the same reply.
Fawaka. Alles a bong. ❤❤❤❤
I just came back from Suriname. Took a trip inside the interieur as well, i stayed at Kabalebo in the middle of the jungle. Think i was never so far isolated from other people in my life before, it was a great trip! Really excited for your series!
The country of Suriname is still Dutch, correct? Is Dutch still spoken there? That's one heck of a rare destination for a vacation! It would seem to me that none of these countries receive many tourists. Excellent choice. All the best to you.
We speak dutch,but are not a colony of the netherlands anymore,the most tourists comes from the netherlands@higherresolution4490
Became independant from the Netherlands in 1975. The official language is still Dutch@higherresolution4490
@higherresolution4490 Suriname became independent in 1975 after having been an autonomous country within the so called "Kingdom of the Netherlands"for the last 20 years. Before that it was a dutch colony.
In 1975 25% of the inhabitants came to the Netherlands. Quite a phenomenon all of a sudden. The Suriname lenguage is "Sranang Tongo "
I read that the official ( government , etc. ) lenguage is dutch.
In the ( former ) dutch Antilles the lenguage is called Papiamento.
But I suppose it varies per island. So Suriname is well known ( a bit)
by the Dutch and not at all an unknown area. The Guyanas are though.
I think tourism is picking up to Sur. but the trip is very expensive.
From Europe anyway.
This is wonderful, thank you for your thorough research and calm, clear, sensitive delivery.
My father and his family are from Guyana. I’ve been learning more about it but there’s only so much information out there. Your videos are helpful and greatly appreciated!
17:34 AI generated? Funny two headed horse, and self driving carriage.
Lol yh
This is a lot of history we never get in the US. When I was a child and through my teens I collected stamps. This taught me a lot about geography and a minuscule amount the country and famous people based on the stamp graphics. But I never learned much about the who and why and when. Now, approaching 70, I'm learning a lot more about history because of channels like yours. Thank you. (subbed)
I feel the same way. RUclips has become the new history teacher and the fascinating thing is everyone can see and learn from all corners of the world simultaneously. Amazing time and method to gather knowledge of our world. This medium may have been created for funny cat videos but it has morphed into a one stop knowledge and enlightenment hub. As a direct result I have traveled to South America and Africa and will hopefully get to visit other parts of the world thanx to YT😊🎉
If you were taught about every country, school would be about 20 years long.
@grondhero You're right! 🙂Still working on it 50+ years after grade school.
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@grondhero And history exams would be 3 days 😂 . .. still, better than an hour of Mathematics.
I lived in Guyana for 6 months in 2018. I was fortunate enough to spend significant time living with Amerindians in the jungle where the only way of travel is by wooden boat. I really enjoyed my time there and appreciated the Wild West feeling. Most of the people I met throughout the country were super friendly. Hands down the best fruit you will ever find
Don’t forget about suicide cults lol the first time I remember hearing about Guyana was Jim Jones had his little Kool-Aid party.
I lived and worked in Guyana from 1995-97 and left my heart there. As I worked with the government, I was privileged enough to travel extensively and freely. The falls were absolutely breathtaking, I found very sad to see the levels of gold mining devastation in relatively short time, as I have many photos taken from the planes with zero damage.
Where do you live now? The Netherlands?
Hello...good evening...My name Is Carlos Centeno...I'm living un Equador....but I want to go yo Guyana...Can you give me any idea about this culture?.
@CarlosCenteno-ec5vh A lot of Venezuelans are in guyana right now. But the economy is amongst the fastest growing in the world
@FuShengAlex O.k thank you so much for your reply.
Did you know a guy named John?
With videos like this, I don't have to go on expensive and exhausting tours with strangers. You make it possible to tour the world from the comfort of our living room. Thank you. 🇨🇦 🇹🇹
We travel for many different reasons, but mainly to have first hand experience of a place. These vid enable us not to do the hard work of being bitten, broken and sickened by travel bugs.
These vids are mainly for mature people, not for the young who can still do the rigorous first had travel experience.
Not the same, sorry
You wouldn't have the money or stamina anyways. Just sayin.
You wont taste the amazing food through the video.
My mother was born in British Guiana in 1915, her family were part of the small white community in Georgetown. She was a wonderful, gentle and unsophisticated lady, very Catholic and innocent of the evils of the world. She lived a sheltered, domestic existence within a large family until my English father met and married her during WW2. One of her brothers, flying a Cessna into the interior disappeared and he and his aircraft were never found.
The love of my life's dad is from Guyana, his wife was Jamaican...shes a gorgeous blend.
This video has blown my mind. So educational and told through great, informative storytelling. It all relates to what we see now. Fascinating.
Mate that was an awesome video. So we’ll put together. Fascinating insights and a great spine to your storytelling. You should be proud of that! Great effort. And brilliant soundtrack
Well done, I had no idea how interesting the history and uniqueness the Guianas are from the rest of SA.
You should visit suriname one day our country is for people who love the jungle cause 93% of suriname is covered with forest
There is a road through the interior of Guyana, from Boa Vista in Brazil through Lethem, Guyana, and on to Georgetown. It's a ride.
So interesting! I have been quite curious about (and confused about!) the guianas for a long long time. You are right that they seem never to be discussed anywhere. Thank you for this!
Insanely high quality video. So many of the other geographical and historical documentaries on youtube are similar in how they talk about the places in their videos as yours, but the added effort of conversing with the people there and showing new footage of the countries and territory, actually GOING THERE yourself really brings this a level up on many others. Thank you for using the funds from this channel to make even better videos. Instant subscribe, can't wait for the next one.
I'm home from hospital recovering from major surgery, have nearly a foot of staples in my belly, from my breast line to just through and below my bellybutton, ok!, tmi, I'm so greatful for your excellent lessons in history, looking at this subject from so many angles, anthropological, European history views, South American sensibilities, so great! Cannot thank you enough, to have something so interesting to watch and listen to, so well presented, thank you, more than I can say, for doing your own narration, this is the type of thing thst gets my juices flowing, I am so down, now I want to travel there when recovered....most excellent series
I’m a New Zealander & have been writing a factional book set in British Guiana 1800s. My father & other 17:26 ancestors lived there. I was amazed to find another kiwi having made this very recent & excellent video about Guyana. I’m looking forward to the videos on Surinam & French Guiana.
Thank you! Being the cricket tragic, it has always fascinated me that Guyana, located on the most football mad continent, has produced some of the greatest cricketers ever - Lance Gibbs, Clive Lloyd, Shiv Chnderpaul etc. Their football team is associated with the same group as Canada and not the rest of South America. Such an anomaly!
Probably ties into the indian population he mentioned then 😂
@namename3130 Possibly, but I suspect it has more to do with Guyana being a former British colony.
Wow...what a captivating and eye-opening documentary video. Awesome! Please keep up the great work that you are doing...
Our Medical Doctor in the Psychiatric Unit I worked at the 1980's was originally from the Philippines. He and his wife established a clinic in the interior of Guianas where they had to cover all medical emergency that came their way. I remember his stories of critical surgeries under the duress of the lack of proper medical tools, medicines, imaging devices...etc. Doctor A's wife learned her role of surgical nurse on the job, in the moment. They are now a mighty fine team and asset to our community. I am enjoying this presentation a bunch. Thanks
What an interesting story.
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Matthew 22:36-40
Nice.
psychiatry is neither medicine nor science, it's drug and human trafficking, and political repression. It breached the Nurnberg Code and does so every day globally - see Duplessis Orphans. You know the sentence of Nurnberg for Crimes against humanity
Big respect to you for actually going to the place. Setting yourself apart from the competition. Great video 💪
Thank you so much. I´m from Colombia, South America, and I´m astonished at the beauty of this region of the world
My friend is from Guyana, she said it's changed so much since grew up there. She visits every year.❤
0:14 French Guinea is technically latino since French is a romance language.
Well that’s the dumbest comment I’ve heard today
@Trifln214"latino" doesn't mean mexican or puerto rican
@danielschubert I never said it did tf
They’re all Latino bc they fall in Latin America, just like Brazil is Latino too bc they are in South America even tho they speak Portuguese. I think the creator meant to say they are not Hispanic, as they are not Spanish majority. Just as Spain is Hispanic due to speaking Spanish but not Latino due to not being in Latin America if that makes sense
@Trifln214 Can't blame you the average american can't even locate Mexico on a map tbh. So, "latino" isn't a race nor a region. "latin people" refers to everyone who speaks a language that originated from latin as their main language. In fact, anyone who primarily speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, or Romanian is "latino."
That was a fascinating video. I knew nothing about Guyana before this. Clearly your exploration and research were put to good use. I will watch your other videos on this topic.
Absolutely fascinating! As a geography/anthropology enthusiast, I cant believe I know nothing of this region of the world. I'm excited to learn more. Thanks for the great video!
I'm a feminist
As a Guyanese I’m very happy my culture is getting talked about! 🇬🇾
We love you Mr.Alex
-Rishik
Brilliant, what a fabulous introduction to these fascinating lands.
Can't wait for the next part of thia series! This is one of the best made videos of its kind I think I've ever seen. I must confess, I am envious! EXCELLENT content! Thank you for your work!
Left (British) Guyana when I was 10. Learning about its’ geography only now. Did not know the shield prevented access to the Guyana’s and cities were primarily along the northern coast. My dad was from China. He told us of his journey thru the Panama Canal, and they being a minority, had to be in the cargo area of the ship. Very educational.👍🙏🏻
The Guianas are fascinating places that are understudied. Really glad to see mention of the Suriname maroons and I hope that there's more discussed there. That said my understanding is many of the Maroon languages are Akan derived and some are even mutually intelligible to modern Akan. I was surprised to hear that their language are English derived.
When discussing British Guiana and their African populations I hope the co-operative village movement is mentioned. It's tough to track down sources on this, as many are old and were never widely published, but it is a fascinating and unique example of post-emancipation afro-caribbean life looked like.
This is the most informative video I've seen about Guyana. Thank you so much
Then you need to read more and learn how to do extremely very basic search on RUclips, which the average person doesnt seem to know how to do. Its just disturbing how slow the average person is.
@zochbuppet448 You must be talking about yourself, because you're so stupid you don't even know the difference between "its" and "it's"
I'm from Suriname, this is a great video!
Thanks for using the right map of Suriname
Tigri hoort bij ons. Simpel. Punt.
@johnanita9251what is the average living cost per month there? 🙏
@LiveYourLifeWithJoy well on average between 600 and 800 USD. Depends a bit on where you stay , amount of rent etcetera. Power usage about 30 USD, water 7 USD per month.
Zijn er veel lekkere billen in sranang?
Is er een beetje goeie sanka in sranang ?
This is amazing. I’m born in British Guyana and forgot half of a 1/4 of this and was never even told the rest. Being African is devastatingly heart wrenching. It’s hurts so much to loos so much of your history and ppl. I never thought of how much the ground is made of my ancestors. 😢😩💔 im in the US now for many years and hear the stories of African Americans but never African Guyanese.
It sounds like the origin stories are quite similar. Brought from Africa to work against their will without payment
@LaTigreGold-t2uJesus did not preach this, you are not following Christ’s teachings you are following modern man’s bastardized version of it. Read the words of Christ and his disciples in the language he spoke. Aramaic, why rely on translations of translations of men who did not love Jesus.
I'm from Venezuela, I think that our history is less complicated. This is a wonderful documentary. Greetings to all of Guyana.
I think Venezuela is a disappointment. Not only they don't fix their own problems, they keep exporting their worst people like the Tren de Aragua gang to USA.
So interesting. Can't wait for the next videos!
More to come! Thanks for watching
As s world geo teacher I was amazed at this video. Great work. This content it's what RUclips was meant for. I hope your channel grows because you deserve it. This region is almost often overlooked. Our current curriculum only mentions the tapuis and that's about it. Thanks for sharing the rich history of the region. Can't wait for the next video.
The wild coast is a great book about the history of these coun
Looking forward to the videos on each of the three countries.
Love when I (rarely) find gems like this channel educating me beyond the depressing news picture of today! Ashamed to admit that this part of the world only generated mental images of Cool Aid and cults before this video...
It's always nice to watch your videos: the quality of the images, the music, the sound and the passion and effort you put on all this. Keep up with the good work!
Absolutely amazing. When i visited Iguazu, it made Niagra Falls look like running water from a sink. Kaieteur does the same thing to Gargantua de Diablo.
I hope your channel blows up. You deserve it. Top tier content!!!
Ambiguous, but obviously well-intended. . We've just had Guy Fawkes day.
Mr. Rothman has a very relaxing voice, almost ASMR. Subbed, a great video about a very obscure part of the Americas.
*ASMR - please explain, thanks*
Very well put together video.
A lot of research went into the making of it for sure.
When I visited the Guyana's more than 10 years ago I was struck by the fact that they had so little interaction with each other.
How distrustful of each other they were. How separate they were from South America, and at the same time separate from their Caribbean neighborurs.
This is so informative, interesting that these three regions speak languages that are not that commonly spoken in Latin America.
I’m so glad that someone is taking the time to tell the real history of the Guianas. I grew up in Barbados in the 70s and 80s. It was common for the older folks to denigrate people from Guyana because their country was far less developed than ours. Some Caribbean islands were described as the “low islands” (St Lucia, St Vincent, Dominica, and some others) because they were years behind Barbados in development. These disparities were wholly caused by colonialism and the vestiges of slavery. When Guyana and other countries achieved independence, they started with nothing, just like other Caribbean nations. It’s a testament to the resilience of leaders and citizens, alike, for how far they have all come!
Not true. Some of the most enslaved Caribbean Islands became the most developed.
@boethius1812 I’m not clear what you mean by “most enslaved islands.” Also, which islands are you referring to?
The entire Caribbean has progressed so much since the independence trend started in the 1960s. They haven’t all gone in the same direction. For example, Barbados, St Lucia, and others have focused heavily on tourism, while Trinidad and Tobago went heavily into industry. Jamaica did both. It was really all about what they started with.
neil, Interesting that your education has been so poor.
@earlysda anyone who ever lived in a country that had been colonized, and was not a member of the colonial class, their education was poor… intentionally.
Watching from Guyana
As a Caribbean native from a nearby island, i gotta say you did REALLY WELL about our South American brethren!! I was recomended this video and now I'm going to stick around to see the rest of the series
I've been to some of the islands nearby Guyana including the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, Saint Lucia, the Commonwealth of Dominica and Antigua & Barbuda. Each island is unique. I note that Trinidad - the accents and people are really similar to Guyana. Although I must say the Belizean accent sounds a lot closer to the Guyanese accent even though Belize (formerly British Honduras) is located far away in Central America. Belize is the only English speaking country in Central America just as Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America.
Are the people of the Caribbean still the Caribs or they eventually got replaced by different groups of people, like how Haiti is mostly African these days or how America is mostly white?
@TaLeng2023 mostly black descendents of slaves. Guyana has a decently sizable native population
Fantastic! How have you gone under my radar? I'm subscribed and chomping at the bit for more. Well done, mate. Can't wait to watch more of your content.
Fascinating, I'm hooked already and thirsty for more about this huge place with such a checkered history. Thank you for opening this amazing book for us all.
Fascinating video. Thank you so much. Looking forward to exploring your other videos.
This mix of reporting and history is a breath of fresh air from the normal youtube geography video!
Believe me an extraordinarily excessive number of videos on RUclips are tiring travel logs that are considered as inconsequential gibberish 😮😮😮😮
My mum's side of the family is from Guyana. I was lucky to sit and listen to stories from my Great Grandad of growing up in Guyana as a Cattle farmer. He told stories of befriending a jaguar, diving for diamonds, racing horses and the beauty of the country. He told me that after his father he does not know his family. Any records that existed are gone if there were any in the first place and our family name is unknown. It was a bitter note to a great story and one day I will travel to Guyana to explore the country and see the beauty he spoke of
Very impressive and informative overview of that part of the Americas! This is the kind of scholarly material that should make YT proud. Mr. Rothman has a speaking style that is as once authoritative, accessible and most of all encyclopedic.
And eye candy. 😊
This BLEW ME AWAY. Amazing reporting and breaking down of the information fairly sourced and transparent. It's an understatement saying it's such an unknown part of the world that's right in the middle of everything. Like a blackhole of information the entire continent around it obscures.
I lived in french guanne for 6 months. 30 years ago. it was the wild west with no police,a bankrobbery where all 8 employees died, linemen sent out and never came back found with arrows in them, I would stand hitching a ride at the harbour with the" boni" who had spears and wore red loin cloths. and that night watch as Kouru sent off a satellite rocket red across the black sky. surreal. paddled in with 20 dollars in my pocket,spent 3 months barely surviving and the next 3 working as a capenter where built a beautiful mortice and tennin roof for a land owner, 1 meal a day and cash money. I slept on a 10 meter sailboat and had a dinghy to shore. guyanne is not a place for sissys. It is a place of storys earned.
And I thought I was adventurous! What a brilliant life experience. Sounds like you might be from Australia or another country in the British Commonwealth. Most of my fellow Americans could not even identify a single country in South America, let alone any of the Guianas.
@higherresolution4490 I could go on forever about guanne. I am an american that became a french bohemian for a while.For the french guanne is a stop over of 2 years to replenish their moneys to continue their voyage by sail. It is the best life.
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@higherresolution4490whatta self righteous clown. Just because you only pay attention to the sheep of my country don’t assume we are all like that. It’s very prevalent but the media makes it look like a far worse problem than what it is. There’s a great deal of individuals in America who are polite, adventurous, educated, ambitious, with unique perspectives and interests. To believe all Americans are dull or unintelligent is so ignorant and actually shows how arrogant the British common wealth is. We have our problems but we are still the main military and political super power of the world. And that is not because of the dull or sheep Americans that are constantly speaking on Facebook.
or apparently just getting dead
effin hell that is a big ass waterfall!
Such a solid fascinating presentation. So well done. Ty!
Beautiful video man, awesome that you went there
I'm visiting the Guyanas right now, and I'm in Georgetown. I've learned so much from your video! I'll be heading to Suriname next week, then French Guiana, and then back to Brazil, where I'm currently living and traveling around making RUclips videos. Just wanted to say thanks🙏
Danm it was about time youtube gave me something worthy of watching and education at the same time
Amazing video. It's incredible how little we know about the Guianas here in Brazil, especially in the south. Such a complex territory with such a history, it's baffling how it feels like the place is in a whole different continent. It's also great to hear from people that are neighbors for us Brazilian, and yet we know so little about, I learnt a lot from reading the comments and watching the video. Great content!
Now this is the content I am looking for on youtube!
As frenchman myself I genuinely can't remember ever talking about Guiana in school (I would assume because it doesn't exactly pain us as "the good guys") and I know shamefully little about its people and history. Well researched and respectful educational content on places like this is something that is way too rare and I commend you for doing it, I definitely will check out the rest of your channel and be waiting for the follow up videos :)
On ne parle jamais de la Guyane parce qu'il s'agit d'une région française. Sans mentionner sa faible importance. Pour ce qui est de passer pour les "gentils" ne t'inquiètes pas l'éducation nationale fait son travail sur le colonialisme
@vlcr9259Cela fait quelques que temps que j'ai été moi même à l'école, peut être que le sujet est mieux couvert de nos jours. Personnellement je n'ai aucun souvenir que la Guyane, ou tout autre territoires français, est été discuté pendant mes cours, mais c'est aussi une lacune que j'aurais put facilement combler de mon côté. Jusqu'à il y a quelques jours je ne savais même pas que la Polynésie française existait :x
@Evvins oui c'est notable que l'outre-mer est assez peu évoqué, ce qui est cocasse puisque des sujets sur le reste de l'Europe et la colonisation/de l'Afrique et de l'Amérique sont inclus, notamment sur les volets tel que le commerce triangulaire ou la colonisation
As an Australian, I am very familiar with French Polynesia and also Muraroa Attol where France let off nuclear bombs and even blew up a vessel in Auckland Harbour,killing a man. The region protested massively against the so called French Tests.
Still I can't be too smug and sanctimonious in my condemnation; it was with uranium bought from Australia.@Evvins
On parle jamais de la Vendée non plus donc pourquoi aborderait-on le sujet de la Guyane qui ne nous concerne en rien. Faut arrêter d’etre des paillassons a un moment. Moi je suis très fier de ce que nous avons fait.
There is a lot of people from Surinam in the Netherlands but I never knew much about the country, this was really interesting. New sub👍
May I say what an amazing, intelligent posts these are. I lived in British Guyana in the 1990’s and it was the most powerful experience of my life. I worked for the government in the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs as an assistant to the Minister Mr. Vibert De Souza who was appointed the first Minister of Amerindian Affairs
One of the best, if not The Best , travel channels on RUclips ;
Wonderful narration - incisive & perceptive
This has to be by far the best documentary in terms of accuracy and respect to the peoples of the Guianas that I have seen on RUclips. Thank you so much for the time that you have placed into this introduction video. I am looking forward to watching the rest of the series. As a Surinamese descendant born in the United States, I am excited to share this series with the rest of my family scattered between the Netherlands, United States, and Suriname.
This was a wonderful comment to read! Thanks for watching. Videos on Suriname will be coming, but they are right at the end of the series, so it might be a while I'm afraid
@AlexRothman I will wait for it...Seeing my country in the documentary makes me subscribe. Thank you for Highlighting Suriname and our neighbours❤❤
VERY interesting. Thank you! And so nice to "see" a person explaining these things while walking through the history. Superb!
Guyanas documentary is so good I'm rewatching again months after seeing it for the first time
Fascinating video about relatively unknown countries in South America!
This popped up in my feed - what a professionally made, informative video! You should have a million subscribers, hopefully that will happen soon!