very basically, in black american culture signifyin’ is slang used for examining and reinterpreting language in an indirect way. through repetition and difference, implication and association, combining words and meanings, the signifyer’s goal is usually to create new meanings for old words and ideas. read henry louis gates, jr. for more on that. this signifyin’ guyanese woman who lives in the united states will facilitate a discourse on terms, words, definitions, ideas that concern many of us guyanese in the guyanese diaspora. the goal is to examine them inside out, and possibly reinterpret them. to help achieve this goal of examination and reinterpretation, we will rely on our own significant though unpublished, unpolished opinions, as well as the published (and often polished) opinions of others. join us as we learn, share, and entertain.
