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Originally posted by Shakazulu:
Throughout the annals of Guyana's history, who is its most brilliant citizen, either living or dead? Please provide such person's credentials, career highlights, international status, and whatever else is needed to prove your answer.

Merci beaucoup.

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Originally posted by Shakazulu:
Throughout the annals of Guyana's history, who is its most brilliant citizen, either living or dead? Please provide such person's credentials, career highlights, international status, and whatever else is needed to prove your answer.

Merci beaucoup.

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Originally posted by Shakazulu:
Throughout the annals of Guyana's history, who is its most brilliant citizen, either living or dead? Please provide such person's credentials, career highlights, international status, and whatever else is needed to prove your answer.

Merci beaucoup.

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Originally posted by Budweiser:
Burnham was one of the most brilliant person in
Guyana .He remained the sole prime minister for almost two and a half decades;wasn't for his intellect and brilliance this could of never happened.
He was accredited for his fluent/ persuasive speeches etc.

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Originally posted by Budweiser:
Burnham was one of the most brilliant person in
Guyana .He remained the sole prime minister for almost two and a half decades;wasn't for his intellect and brilliance this could of never happened.
He was accredited for his fluent/ persuasive speeches etc.

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Originally posted by Dog Unleashed:

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Originally posted by Shakazulu:
Throughout the annals of Guyana's history, who is its most brilliant citizen, either living or dead? Please provide such person's credentials, career highlights, international status, and whatever else is needed to prove your answer.

Merci beaucoup.

It is a difficult question to name one person. It is much easier to list a few because there is no define criteria here.

Will it be based on educational achievement? Accomplishment? Goodwill and charity? Political? Entertainer or Sports? etc. Under what set of rules will one be able to compare these individuals?

However here are a few that comes to mind.

Jan Carew. ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Carew

Martin Carter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Carter

Edgar Mittelholzer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Mittelholzer

Walter Rodney
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Rodney

We have a slew of political figures from Cuffy to Burnham to Jagan ..... we also have a list of Guyanese people that went to other countries to live. For example, Amy Elizabeth Imrie.

Anyway, Jim Jones is quite an influential figure too even though he is not a guyanese ...lol

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Originally posted by dara shikoh:
NOw that Shaka is no longer on, the question is moot. But TP's follow up was good.
One need not underline the fact that a lot of achievers in Guyana were helped by their status etc. The Lukhoos being a good example.
On the other hand..I forgot his name..there is a professor of History at King's College in ENgland..from #19 I think..that guy is amazing.

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Originally posted by Errol Arthur:

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Originally posted by Budweiser:
Burnham was one of the most brilliant person in
Guyana .He remained the sole prime minister for almost two and a half decades;wasn't for his intellect and brilliance this could of never happened.
He was accredited for his fluent/ persuasive speeches etc.

This is absolute drivel. Burnham is known for two roles - a lawyer and a politician.

As a lawyer he was mediocre at best. He practised in the shadows of the great lawyers of his time - J.O.F. Haynes, B.O. Adams, the Luckhoos, Fenton Ramsahoye, etc. No great lawyer was he!

As a politician he was an an abject failure. He NEVER won an election, was inserted into, and kept in office by the British and Americans, and left the nation in total ruin.

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Originally posted by Budweiser:
Mara !!! Can u respond to this comment to,Errol Arthur and leave me some info , since u are more a political guru about Guyana and it's political demise.

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Originally posted by Errol Arthur:

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Originally posted by Budweiser:
Burnham was one of the most brilliant person in
Guyana .He remained the sole prime minister for almost two and a half decades;wasn't for his intellect and brilliance this could of never happened.
He was accredited for his fluent/ persuasive speeches etc.

WELL I KNOW THE LUCKHOO FAMILY VERY WELL THEY ARE VERY BRILLIANT PEOPLE.
This is absolute drivel. Burnham is known for two roles - a lawyer and a politician.

As a lawyer he was mediocre at best. He practised in the shadows of the great lawyers of his time - J.O.F. Haynes, B.O. Adams, the Luckhoos, Fenton Ramsahoye, etc. No great lawyer was he!

As a politician he was an an abject failure. He NEVER won an election, was inserted into, and kept in office by the British and Americans, and left the nation in total ruin.

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Originally posted by Budweiser:

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Originally posted by Errol Arthur:

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Originally posted by Budweiser:
Burnham was one of the most brilliant person in
Guyana .He remained the sole prime minister for almost two and a half decades;wasn't for his intellect and brilliance this could of never happened.
He was accredited for his fluent/ persuasive speeches etc.

This is absolute drivel. Burnham is known for two roles - a lawyer and a politician.

As a lawyer he was mediocre at best. He practised in the shadows of the great lawyers of his time - J.O.F. Haynes, B.O. Adams, the Luckhoos, Fenton Ramsahoye, etc. No great lawyer was he!

As a politician he was an an abject failure. He NEVER won an election, was inserted into, and kept in office by the British and Americans, and left the nation in total ruin.

If ,Burnham wasn,t the smartest person then; Where were all the smart people then ? like those of whom u mentioned above to fight against the then "dicatator" who screwed Guyana so much that all of us had to run for better in USA etc.