Guyanese British people are citizens or resident of the United Kingdom who's ethnic origins lie fully or partially in the South American nation of Guyana.
The region which is now Guyana was under British rule for centuries, and between 1814 and 1966, the country was even called British Guiana. Guyana is one of the few South American countries to be non-romance speaking and remains in the Commonwealth of Nations, many Guyanese emigrants choose Anglophone countries to move to such as the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Guyana is an extremely diverse nation, and this is obvious in the UK's Guyanese community, there are no dominant ethnic groups (with Guyanese people of African, Indian and Native South American descent), and unlike many of the UK's ethnic groups, the Guyanese British community doesn't have one distinct religion, with 28.4% identifying as Hindu, 16.9% Pentecostal, 8.1% Roman Catholic, 7.3% Muslim, 6.9% Anglican, 3% Seventh-day Adventist, 16.5% other Christian denominations, 4.3% no religion, 0.5% Rastafarian, 0.1% Baha'i, and 2.2% as having another faith.[3] The largest wave of Guyanese migrants to the UK occurred after World War II, when the British government encouraged mass immigration from the countries of the British Empire and Commonwealth to fill shortages in the labour market. However Guyanese people have been migrating to the UK since before the 20th Century, and they continue to do so today (although the Black Caribbean community in England is only growing at 0.7% per year, compared to a 6.1% growth rate in the Black African community).[4] Guyana and the UK maintain a strong relation, and in 2001 over 20,000 Guyanese people were living in the UK, by most recent estimates there could be up to 70,000 full or partial blooded Guyanese British people.[5]
Famous Guyanese British people
This is a list of famous Guyanese British people.
John Agard - playwright, poet and children's writer
