Welcome to PAKARAIMA, the Guyanese Canadian Writers and Artists Association homepage. Known as PAKARAIMA, the Association derived its name from the famous mountain range that encircles the great Roraima mountain, shared by South America's tripartite, viz. Guyana, Venezuela and Brazil, we are writers and poets who live in Canada and have published works on varied subjects.

Members

New Members:

Yuvraj Ramsaroop was born on October 29, 1946 in the former colony of British Guiana, South America (renamed Guyana after its Independence from Britain in 1966).

He grew up on a sugar plantation, a fourth generation descendent of Indentured laborers, originally brought from India to work on the sugar plantations. Mostly self-taught from an early age, he became a Primary School Teacher for over seven years. He immigrated to Canada and completed his education with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Finance in 1973 from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

His only dream was to afford his two daughters a High School education because he himself never attended High School. He eventually settled in Highland Park, New Jersey and raised his two daughters who are both Physicians.
Executive Members: 
Janet Naidu
Shirley Najhram
Habeeb Ali

Program Committee
Members:
Ashmead Ali
Khalleel Mohamed
Ray Williams
Roy Singh

General Membership:

Richard Rupnarain             -         (and part of the original “Founding” Executive Members)
Roop Misir                           -         (and part of the original “Founding” Executive Members)
Peter Jailall
Lal Balkaran
Colin Ninvalle

Norman Datt
Shakoor Manraj
Veda Mohabir
David Johnson
Krishna Rampersaud
Narine Dat Sookram

Honorary Members:

Dabydeen, Cyril
Itwaru, Arnold
Heydorn, Bernard


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