By: Kiana Wilburg“Art in resistance,Blake Swihart Jersey,” are three words that aptly capture the essence of the paintings of an acclaimed Guyanese artist and Linguist.At the age of 60, Desmond Ali is still determined to answer his calling- that is- creating paintings and sculptures that are an exotic representation of the political climate and stalemate of the Aztec time and that of today’s.Desmond AliBorn on August,Wholesale Soccer Jerseys, 3, 1953 he has been dedicated to this style of art for the past 35 years.He’s obsessed with capturing the brutality that exists within different spheres of the Guyanese society and moreso, the metamorphosis of the politics in and out of our territory.This father of three is also very fond of Guyanese historian and political activist Dr.Walter Rodney, who was assassinated in the 1980’s. Ali has done several works in remembrance of him.The artist who has won numerous awards has had his work on display at numerous local, regional and international shows.His sculptures of the horrors of the Aztec world are even chosen to be part of the prestigious exhibitions at the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris. Some of his powerful pieces are on permanent display in the United Nations headquarters in Washington DC,cheap jerseys paypal, USA as well.Ali attended St. Pius Primary School and then the Guyana Oriental College. He’s a graduate of political science, ethnography (the scientific description of peoples and cultures with their customs) and Vedanta ( a Hindu philosophy and science of the spirit) .Dr. Walter RodneyHe also has an investigative mind which he says always sends him studying deeply before attempting any piece of art.He is an aficionado of philosophy and attended the University of Guyana where he acquired a Degree in International Relations and a Diploma in Spanish. He also has a Diploma in journalism as he always wanted to be a journalist.However, his artistic talents really blossomed when he journeyed to several countries in South America.As it relates to the message of his art work, he says,cheap nfl jerseys, “Art can contribute to social transformation and social education. It can show the pitfalls of every cultural disease in a way that no other art form can. The mind is very impressionable and images have an extremely lasting effect. It is my form of communicating with the world.”One of the special things about Ali is that he believes that he was given his talents to specifically capture the integration of cultures and the political status which alters or taints in any way the cultural status of a country during a period of time.“I want to capture truth in a very raw form. I want to capture the way in which the Guyanese culture is dying a slow death,NFL Jerseys Supply, the decaying social norms and the pollution of our judicial system by corruption.”Ali’s latest work—the art of the dictatorshipIt is upon this background that Ali says his next painting will be dedicated to Colwyn Harding, a young man who has accused members of the Guyana Police Force of sodomy.The self-taught artist who has travelled extensively said that learning Spanish and Portuguese was an art that also came to him naturally.On a typical day he teaches Portuguese and Spanish for a living. He has conducted classes with some of the revered persons of the Guyanese society,Authentic NFL Jerseys Cheap, which include Chartered Christopher Ram and some members of his family.Ali is still working on a few new pieces which are dedicated towards painting the truth about Guyana’s political system. “The methods of subjugation in Guyana are intended to make us dormant and it is amazing that people are like this. I am always looking to document varying forms of mental slavery that are still existent in Guyana. My art is like a giant puzzle and I can’t paint unless I truly capture what happened before so that my audience can understand the struggles of today.”His latest work is called, “The Anatomy of a Dictatorship.”“The Anatomy of a dictatorship represents Guyana in the period 1980-2013. It depicts one of the events-the notoriously rigged referendum of July 1978 which paved the way for the institutionalization of the fraudulent Burnham Constitution of October 6, 1980, which turned red with the blood of Guyanese martyrs Ohene Koama, Edward Dublin and historian Dr. Walter Rodney. Unfortunately, the advent of free and fair elections in 1992 did not bring an end to the Burnham Constitution which became an instrument to consolidate the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) dictatorsh

Yesterday morning, the French Fire Service handed over a variety of ‘rescue equipment’ to members of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS),Jerseys NFL Wholesale, at the latter entity’s Georgetown headquarters, with the aim of boosting the capability of local fire-fighters.Major Julien Deroche of the French Guiana Army identifying and explaining the purpose of the equipment donated to the Guyana Fire Service.Honorary Consul General for France, Pierre Saint-Arroman, told this newspaper that the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) collaborates with the French Army on a regular basis, with various training being conducted in Guyana where French officials participate,NFL Jerseys Cheap, likewise, the Guyanese participate in the training held in French GuianaSaint-Arroman referred to an example of four police officials from Georgetown who recently went to French Guiana for computer training and stated that this is testimony to the co-operation which the two countries share with each other.He said it is a basic case for mutual national development where “French show you what to do and how to do it, in return, Guyanese show us what to do and how to do it also”.The Frenchman added that he hopes that this co-operation continues to be fruitful and both Guyana and French Guiana continue to share the necessary information with each other to help develop the countries by land, sea and even air.In response to the timely donation, Guyana’s Chief Fire Officer,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, Marlon Gentle, thanked the French for their assistance while emphasizing that the ‘non-fire equipment’ will aid the GFS with rescuing persons from trapped buildings, vehicles and other accidents, whenever they are often called upon to render “a helping hand”.Gentle stated that the GFS values the co-operation that exists with the French and over the past four years, Guyana and French Guiana have benefitted tremendously from the various conferences, workshops and training that have been conducted by both countries.The fire chief further added that “more knowledge builds internal skills” while explaining that there has been a high degree of carelessness this year, which has “upped by 23%”,Jerseys From China Online, resulting in more fires. He compared the number of fire cases at the end of October 2009 (1,455) with this year (1,600).Gentle told Kaieteur News that most fires occur in “dwelling places”, meaning people’s homes, for reasons such as misuse/unsafe use of electricity, not getting “proper” or certified electricians to wire buildings properly,Cheap NFL Jerseys, homes having “makeshift wiring” and stealing electricity.The ‘non-fire equipment’ consists of resuscitation and monitoring equipment, various types of stretchers, burn treatment kits, disinfectants as well as other items which assist in evacuating casualties and stabilizing limbs and necks.According to Saint-Arroman, the equipment costs 2,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys,500 to 3,000 Euros with the last donation of equipment being sometime in 2008.He said that based on the demands and needs of the GFS, the French will continue to assist as often as required.Also in attendance at yesterday morning’s presentation on behalf of the French were Police Attach? to Suriname and Guyana, Georges Marceau, Major Julien Deroche, Captain Thierry Huret and Corporal Marchiset Thibauk.The GFS was represented by Divisional Officer of Operations, Jacqueline Johnson and other fire-fighters.

The long-awaited Marriott Hotel continues to be elusive but the money spent by the government to prepare for the investors has raised eyebrows in that there were two payments to two separate contractors for one project.A section of the relocated sewerage lines Courtney Benn Construction Company Limited was initially awarded the US$700,Kevin Love Jersey,000 contract to reroute the sewer lines in Kingston but after objections by foreign investors that the work was not being done to satisfactory standards that contract was pulled. The ‘investor(s)’ were worried about the then existing network of sewerage pipelines.However,Wholesale Baseball Jerseys 2018, Benn had been paid a substantial sum to purchase the pipes and to execute the project.The foreign investor said that the substandard work was particularly related to the calibre of pipes being used by Courtney Benn.It was subsequently awarded to Adam Development/Urbahn Associates (ADUA).Point to note is that Courtney Benn had to be paid for all of the work that he had done along with monies invested.ADUA who had objected to the substandard works being done subsequently commenced to undertake the same project using the same quality of pipes that had been objected to.When the contact was pulled from Courtney Benn,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, President Bharrat Jagdeo had said that Guyana had lost capacity as a countryIn May 2008,Cheap NFL Jerseys, ADUA brought in a team to lay new sewerage lines to allow the site to be cleared for construction. Local engineers had questioned the integrity of the work done and some of it had to be redone.Today the Marriott has not come but the government has already spent millions of dollars.