文摘
Guyana’s gold-rich interior is the location of numerous, mostly low-latent, conflicts. These conflicts involve ‘Coast Lander’ Afro and Indo-Guyanese groups with mining interests and indigenous Amerindians. There is a misconception that these conflicts stem from Amerindians’ desires to secure gold-rich mining territories. These conflicts are complex, with underlying ethnic differences between the two groups being the chief cause. A case study of Mahdia-Campbelltown, one of Guyana’s main gold-mining communities, is used to illustrate these points.