By Dr KUMAR MAHABIR In 1964, political­ly-instigated ra­cial turmoil raged throughout British Guiana (now Guy­ana) as the Carib­bean/South American country prepared for independence. Accompanied by riot­ing, strikes had erupted in 1962 and 1963, and in 1964, violence had been escalating since the commencement of the sugar workers’ strike that began in February of that year….