The Guyanese site of the Jonestown massacre, where over 900 people either died by mass suicide or murder in connection with ...

Guyana yesterday signalled support for a second International Decade for People of African Descent. This position was asserted by Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond, as ...

Both American survivors of the mass suicide and murder and Guyanese have criticized the tour. But defenders say the site ...

Guyana is revisiting a dark history nearly half a century after U.S. Rev. Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers died in the rural interior of the South American country.

Descendants of African slaves compose about 30% of the population. Another 40% of Guyanese descend from indentured workers from India. Mixed race and Amerindian peoples largely make up the remainder.

From 1620, the Dutch West India Company imports African slaves to work on its sugar plantations. 1780-1813 - Guyana changes hands between the Dutch, French and British.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana is revisiting a dark history nearly half a century after U.S. Rev. Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers died in the rural interior of the South American ...