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French Guiana
The Last Colony
By: Sr. Nora, FMM
I arrived in my mission, French Guiana (Guyane Francaise) thirteen years ago. Situated in South America but quite different from the Latin America countries in this continent, Guyane Francaise is a “French department overseas” (department d’ outré-mer). A French colony, it became a French “department” in 1946, a transformation proposed by France to help the country develop politically and socially.
A Melting Pot of People
During the past years, the population has sprung up to 120,000 composed of a good mixture of Creoles (mixed European and African), Americans –Indians, black Africans (descendants of the African slaves who escaped in the forest during the time of slavery), Lebanese, Chinese, Indians, Haitians, St. Lucians, Brazilians, Surinamians and Laotian refugee; the latest arrivals are the Latin American immigrants. Although the American-Indians are the first inhabitants, the Creoles are the governing and ruling group. Also in the Church, the Creoles are the dominant group. There is only one diocese and our Bishops is French, belonging to the Holy Spirit Fathers.
