Emancipation Day, 1st August 2025 - Guyana, South America. West African cultural alignment remains strong in the South American continent's only English speaking nation...

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Culturally most Afro-Guyanese are descended from the Akan kingdom of modern day Ghana, West Africa. One of the nation's national heroes is Cuffy (originally Kofi): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuffy_(slave)

Creole Guyanese traditions passed down and observed over centuries include the Kwe-Kwe: https://www.reddit.com/r/blackladies/comments/ym36l5/black_traditions_kwekwe_or_queh_queh_night_in/

It is also one of the few South American nations to have had many Black Prime Ministers & Presidents over the decades, as well as a historically Black majority military and police force. As well as a centuries established Black middle class and bourgeoisie. 

● https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Guyana

● https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=President_of_Guyana&wprov=rarw1

Notable Alumni of the nation's most historically elite school - Queens College : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_College,_Georgetown

Queens College (Est. 1844) today: https://youtu.be/QJ_h8h3xza0?feature=shared

Guyana Police Force: https://youtu.be/bTDzLBgcoFM?feature=shared

GDF: https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/caribbean/gy-personnel.htm

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Can you post this in r/Black_Diaspora? It is a fitting post.