Where did the people from Guyana come from?

Indigenous peoples inhabited Guyana prior to European settlement, and their name for the land, guiana (“land of water”), gave the country its name. Present-day Guyana reflects its British and Dutch colonial past and its reactions to that past. It is the only English-speaking country of South America. read more

From what we Guyanese learned in school; Guyana is made up of 6 main races. The Amerindians who came here first, from Asia. (No one knows when exactly) The Europeans (Dutch, British) [we never really asked] came here second. read more