1997 — Sound of a Nation | Rhythm & Roots

1997

Is We Ownby Dave Martins & the Tradewinds

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📜 Janet Jagan, American-born wife of Cheddi Jagan, became the first female president of Guyana on 19 December — and only the second woman to lead a Caribbean nation. Her brief presidency proved that Guyana's story has always been written by brave women.

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“Every time I hear this song I’m back in my grandmother’s kitchen in Berbice on a Saturday morning. She’d be making cook-up and this would be playing on the radio.”— Marcia, Toronto

“My dad played this in the car every time we drove back from church in Georgetown. I didn’t appreciate it then. I do now.”— Devon, London

“This came out the year we moved to Brooklyn. My mother played it every time she was homesick. Which was every day.”— Priya, New York