News at Eleven: Many of these writers happen to be East Indian

but their work does not focus on anything of ethnic significance. Their concerns lie elsewhere, and this has been the case with some who are among the major producers of contemporary Guyanese literature. David Dabydeen is one of these, as is Cyril Dabydeen and leading poet Mahadai Das, who have written works on Indian themes, but whose major preoccupations have included the African experience including slavery in the Caribbean and in Britain, particularly seen in the novels and poetry of David Dabydeen. In this category also are Jan Shinebourne (half Indian) in the UK and others who wrote at home like Shana Yardan (also mixed race), Rajkumari Singh and Roopnandan Singh.

from Stabroek News: Post-independence literature

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