African Society for Cultural Relations with Independent Africa

African Society for Cultural Relations with Independent Africa (abbr. ASCRIA) was an Afro-Guyanese grassroots organization in Guyana, to emerge soon after the country's independence from British rule. Dedicated to the revitalization of African culture in the Caribbean country, the organization was a significant political and economic factor in the early 1970s, the Pan-Africanist organization was founded in the 1960s by Eusi Kwayana as a successor organization of Black separatist African Society for Racial Equality (ASRE).^[1] During the 1960s and until 1971, ASCRIA was an influential force in Guyana's post-independence politics, as both a competitor and an ally of Forbes Burnham's governing People's National Congress (PNC).^[2] After breaking with the PNC and altogether with Black Nationalism, in 1974 it merged into the Working People's Alliance.

^ Leo A. Despres (1975). "Ethnicity and resource competition in Guyanese society". In Leo A. Despres (ed.). Ethnicity and Resource Competition in Plural Societies. The Hague/Paris: Mouton Publishers. pp. 102–104. ISBN 90-279-7539-6.
^ Hinds, David (2011). Ethno-politics and Power Sharing in Guyana: History and Discourse. New Academia Publishing, LLC. pp. 12–13, 43. ISBN 978-0-9828061-0-4.

[Despres-1] Leo A. Despres (1975). "Ethnicity and resource competition in Guyanese society". In Leo A. Despres (ed.). Ethnicity and Resource Competition in Plural Societies. The Hague/Paris: Mouton Publishers. pp. 102–104. ISBN 90-279-7539-6.

[:0-2] Hinds, David (2011). Ethno-politics and Power Sharing in Guyana: History and Discourse. New Academia Publishing, LLC. pp. 12–13, 43. ISBN 978-0-9828061-0-4.

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