Name: Dis Gyrl: From Empire to Independence A Reading Presentation
Start: 2026-03-21T02:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-21T04:30:00+00:00
Location: Fulham Palace

Dis Gyrl: From Empire to Independence A Reading Presentation

Marking women's month and the UK's National year of reading, we invite you to this book reading by elder (Aunty) Joyce Trotman.
About this Event

Marking women's month and the UK's National year of reading, we invite you to this book reading by elder (Aunty) Joyce Trotman.

Born in the then British Guyana in 1927, at 98 ‘Aunty Joyce’ has accumulated a wealth of experiences, memories and wisdoms of a life impressively immersed in education – both learning and teaching. Whether sharing the benefits and drawbacks of an extensive colonial education, her early childhood and family life, or experiences of migration, this enchanting autobiography is recounted with a natural eloquence and vivid honesty. Join her reading and discussion, as part of Women's Month and to mark Guyana's 60th independence. Get your signed copies there too, and celebrate the National Year of Reading. Way Wive Wordz in collaboration with Fulham Palace Museum and Black History Walks

About Joyce Trotman

Elder Joyce Trotman was born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1927. In 1955, after working as a primary school teacher, she travelled to England where she obtained a degree in Arts from London University and a Certificate in Education at the University of Durham. Returning to Guyana in 1958, she was appointed a Senior Lecturer in English at the Government Training College and went on to become a Research Fellow for the University of Guyana. She returned to England in 1972 and taught at the Scott Lidgett Boys’ Comprehensive School. After retiring from teaching, she obtained a M. Litt (Linguistics) from the University of Lancaster and was called to the Bar in 1984 on completion of part-time studies in law. Affectionately known as ‘Aunty Joyce’, she is the author of Proverbs of Guyana Explained, and Thomas Clarkson, My Saint both published by Bogle L’Ouverture Publications, and contributed to In Search of Mami Wata, Narratives and Images of African Water Spirits, published by Way Wive Wordz