A video clip of comedian Majah Hype saying 'Guyana is not Caribbean' has gone viral leaving some Guyanese offended.
From a conversation on the Talkthatshhhh podcast, a short clip has been making the rounds online as he responded to a question about one of Guyana’s cuisines, which was actually not the part of the answer that made people raise their eyebrows.
Question: "curry chicken or chicken curry?"
Hype: “It’s definitely curry chicken...the only person that you’re going to hear saying that is Guyanese people...and they’re not Caribbean.”
He was then asked, why aren’t Guyanese people Caribbean?
“Because it’s in South America...”
Even if it was meant to be taken seriously or as just humour, some Guyanese believe his comment was disrespectful with many sending scathing social media comments his way since the utterance.
Guyana is an English-speaking country on South America’s North Atlantic coast. Though not geographically in the Caribbean, it is culturally and historically connected to the Region. Guyana is also a founding member of CARICOM (the Caribbean Community), with the CARICOM Secretariat located in Georgetown, Guyana. Read More
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