Ramjeet began his career as an attorney in private practice in his native Guyana in 1970.

A computer science major who scored 1,260 on his SAT, Henry moved to Brooklyn from his native Guyana with his parents when he was 4.

At 11, she left her mother in her native Guyana when her father asked her to join him on Staten Island.

Mr. Roberts, whose congregation is 90 percent Caribbean, said many of his parishioners were involved in box hands, as susus are known in his native Guyana.

To honor her wish, she was buried in her native Guyana.

A strong but gentle man, Mr. Lachhman, 41, started playing volleyball when he was a teenager in his native Guyana.

The authorities said that he served three years in a Florida prison for a 1991 murder and was ordered deported to his native Guyana but disappeared after posting $10,000 bail.

His body had been returned to his native Guyana, a journey he often spoke of but was never able to make in life.

A number of the stories deal with post-colonial life in the Caribbean, particularly in her native Guyana, as well as of some stories being set in London.

His family members and neighbors said Mr. Haynes, who works at a hospital in Brooklyn, married Ms. Haynes two years ago in their native Guyana.