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- ↑ Dyal, Pat (16 January 2022). "Restoring Le Repentir Cemetery". Guyana Chronicle.
- 1 2 "A history of Georgetown's cemeteries". Stabroek News. 28 March 2021.
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- ↑ Braithwaite, Isaiah (16 June 2018). "Enmore Martyrs paid homage 70 years later". Department of Public Information, Guyana.
- ↑ "Enmore Martyrs left an "indelible mark" on country's history – GAWU". Guyana Times. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ↑ "AJ Seymour's contribution to the shaping of Guyanese literature was monumental". Stabroek News. January 31, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- ↑ Marks, Neil; Mueller, Benjamin (30 Oct 2015). "Cemetery in Guyana Is Prepared for Fallen Officer Randolph Holder, a Native Son". The New York Times.