Instruments of Independence


This 1966 photograph shows the Duke of Kent handing over the formal instruments of Independence to British Guiana's Prime Minister Forbes Burnham. This picture helps illustrate the British institutions and customs that often passed on to the independent recepient nations upon indendence.


British Guiana


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