Christopher Doozie

James Newton is a master flutist, composer, arranger, and educator

Christopher Doozie is a xylophonist and xylophone builder from Ghana

Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach are two of the world's leading avant garde pianists

Chief Kokoi is a former Toshao of Aishalton, Guyana, and the chief of the now-defunct Region Nine Toshaos' Council

Mackie Casimero is the communications officer of the South Rupununi District Council and a co-founder of the Wapichan Wiizi women's movement, both based in Guyana

Laura George and Nicholas Peters work with the Amerindian Peoples' Association, an indigenous rights organization in Guyana

Gavin Winter is the monitoring coordinator for the South Rupununi District Council in Guyana. In this interview, he discusses his work as a land defender

Ali Majeed is a former labor organizer and current executive member of the Working People's Alliance in Guyana. He personally knew Dr. Walter Rodney during Rodney's lifetime

Lesa Terry is a Los Angeles-based violinist, arranger, educator and composer. She has played in groups including the Uptown String Quartet and is a professor in Santa Monica College's music department

Nicole Mitchell Gantt is a boundary-pushing flutist, composer, author, poet, multimedia artist and educator who at one point chaired the AACM