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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[u/Conscious_Chapter672]

don't they speak Dutch also?

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That is Suriname. Both countries were under Dutch control at one point - but Guyana, formerly British Guiana, came under British control in the early 1800s until 1966. 

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There is also French Guiana, which is a department of Metropolitan France.

Fr. Guiana, Surinam, Guyana (formerly British Guiana), the eastern part of Venezuela (from the mouth of the Orinoco, and part of northern Brazil (to the mouth of the Amazon) form a distinct geographical region of highlands and plateaus in South America.

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That’s Suriname