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Welcome to Sancho - A People of Mande Origins

Welcome to Sancho - A People of Mande Origins. Best Greetings in the  traditions of the Ancestors, blessings of the present generations, and paving a path for the knowledge of self to be foremost among the people of Sancho in the future. Hail to the unknown, and appreciation to  Tuckness Sancho  and Bentick Sancho - the earliest known Sancho in the Mande experience in Demerara Digging up the Past. Dedicated to the personalities, and the shared experiences of the clan,their extended families, friends, and associates - Marking their contributions to the human experience - telling our story; ourselves - for the knowledge of self, and self-esteem of future generations of our clan, and their associates. Reminding them, the past, present, and future generations, are the representatives of our existence, while they are dwelling, here upon, this Earth. -- M'lilwana Osanku; (1955), March 25, 2003.

Objectives of the Sancho Family Association

 Sancho Kinship Association, Inc The Sancho Kinship Association, Inc is a not for profit, private, international, organization, dedicated to the preservation of the history, and the genealogy of the Sancho and allied Families. Who can join the Sancho Kinship Association? Any person who are the descendants of Bentick Sancho, and Tuckness Sancho. Any individual who is descended from relatives of persons who married descendants of Bentick Sancho, and Tuckness Sancho Individuals who are descendants of persons who are the share holders of the Plantation Golden Grove and Nabaclis- the shared experience. Individuals considered friends of members of the Sancho Kinship. Spouses of the members of the Sancho Kinship are automatically members of the association. Relatives of the Spouses are also welcomed Objectives of the Sancho Family Association To collect, analyze, disseminate and preserve genealogical, historical and biographical data pertaining to the Sancho (Sonko, Sanko, Sankoh, Osanku, San

Sancho in Print

 Bibliography Loncke, Joycellyne E.  Baudelaire and  Music. (Thesis/Dissertation/Manuscript) 1967 Loncke, Joycellyne E.  An English-French-Spanish Glossary of Guyanese Fruit, Vegetables, and Grain. Georgetown, Guyana. Department of  Modern Languages, University of Guyana, 1973. Loncke, Joycellyne E.   Baudelaire et La Musique. (French)  Paris: A. G. Nizet, 1975. Loncke, Joycellyne E.  and Nokan, Zegoua Gbessi 1936  Les Voix de Tours les Peuples: Poeme= the Voices of all People. (French) Printed by Bovell. Georgetown, Republic of Guyana. 1980. Loncke, Joycellyne E.  Norman E. Cameron, the man and his works.  Georgetown, Guyana. Department of Culture, Ministry of Education, Social Development and Culture, 1981. Loncke, Joycellyne E.  Proceedings of the International Round Table to Commemorate the 150th. Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery in the Anglophone Caribbean, held in Georgetown, Cooperative Republic of Guyana, August  4-5, 1984. Published by Commoration Commission with the as

Tuckness Sancho and Bentick Sancho in British Guiana.

  Kinship:Tuckness Sancho & Bentick Sancho Among the multitude of public prints, it is hard to say which lyes the most. --Ignatius Sancho; (1729 - 1780), January 5, 1780. An Account of the Story of the Sancho famil y, 1848-2005 written  of Guyana, by M’lilwana Osanku.   Tuckness Sancho and   Bentick  Sancho   in British Guiana. There are several versions concerning the origins of the three brothers; Bentick, John, and Lambert Tuckness Sancho.  I have chosen herein to present to the best of my abilities my reminiscences of the oral accounts as told to me by my dearest ancestor; Muriel and her generation of family members, and residents of the Golden Grove and Nabaclis community, whose presence I was fortune to share on numerous occasions. I recognize there are numerous members of our kinship who are much more qualified and capable, and worthy to pen an article of such magnitude. Thus having stated the preliminaries, I shall now attempt to condense the known history of the Sancho fam