poet: Lewis Osborne Inniss
Roaland and Oswald Hussein were the two Lokono Artists who first took on the challenge of engaging in outreach activities to promote art in Indigenous communities. Their first stint was in 1995 when they were attached as artists to the Rock View Lodge in the North Rupununi. In 2007, Roaland returned to that area and set up home with his wife and children in the village of Rupertee. Shortly after taking up residence in Rupertee, Roaland started to tutor at the Bina Hill Institute/Youth Learning Centre (BHI/YLC) in Annai. Tutoring youths to sculpture at the BHI/YLC affords Roaland the opportunity to remain committed to his passion for promoting art in Indigenous communities. See less
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The Bhojpuri region - north india, includes nepal awadhi - northern inda


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_indenture_system 1826-1920s
" On 16 November 1844, the British Indian Government legalised emigration to Jamaica, Trinidad and Demerara (Guyana). The first ship, the Whitby, sailed from Port Calcutta for British Guiana on 13 January 1838, and arrived in Berbice on 5 May 1838. Transportation to the Caribbean stopped in 1848 due to problems in the sugar industry and resumed in Demerara and Trinidad in 1851 and Jamaica in 1860."