Ethnic groups in Guyana Ethnic groups in Guyana Afro-Guyanese are the inhabitants of Guyana of African origin. When planters made land available to East Indians in the late 1800s when they had denied land to the Africans several decades earlier, Afro-Guyanese resentment of other colonial ethnic groups was reinforced. The Afro-Guyanese people's perception of themselves as the true Guyanese derived not only from their long history of residence, but also from a sense of superiority based on their literacy, Christianity, and British colonial values. ...more on Wikipedia about "Afro-Guyanese"
Indo-Guyanese are people of South Asian descent who are citizens or nationals of Guyana. They are often referred to as Indians or East Indians. Indo-Guyanese make up a majority of the population of Guyana. The Indo-Guyanese descend from Indian indentured labourers who where brought to what was then called British Guiana to work in sugar cane plantations after the abolition of slavery in 1833. ...more on Wikipedia about "Indo-Guyanese"
The Macushi are an ethnic group of Guyana and northern Brazil. There are approximately 15,000 Macushi speakers in Brazil and 9,000 in Guyana. ...more on Wikipedia about "Macushi"
After the abolition of slavery in 1807, the planters of the then- British Guiana sought alternative sources of labour. They were eager to recruit white labourers in order to bolster the proportion of white to coloured residents in the colony. In 1834, the first Portuguese people arrived from the island of Madeira, having been sponsored by a coalition of planters and by the colonial government. Between 1834 and 1882, some 30,645 Portuguese arrived in Guiana from Madeira, the Azores Islands, Cape Verde and Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Portuguese (Guyana)"
Rupununi is a river and region in Guyana, South America. The Rupununi river runs from near the Brazilian border into the Essequibo River. The river during the flood season actually shares a watershed with the Amazon. The Rupununi region is mostly made up of savannah but contains rainforest habitat also. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rupununi"
The Wai-wai (or Waiwai) are an ethnic group of Guyana and northern Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wai-Wai (people)"
The Wapishana (or Wapisiana, Wapitxana, Vapidiana, Wapixana) are an ethnic group of of the Roraima area of southern Guyana and northern Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wapishana"
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