[13][14][15] Her studies included a year in France, and she returned to Guyana in 1965, subsequently working as a schoolteacher, while becoming involved with organizations such as Ratoon, New World, and Movement Against Oppression (MAO).

"[23] Those who paid their condolences and tributes were led by President David Granger and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who said: "Andaiye was a champion of the working people and a model fighter for women empowerment.

"[23][24] A celebration of her life was held on Saturday, 8 June 2019,[25] at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, where tributes were paid by members of Red Thread, the Emancipation Support Committee, the Global Women’s Strike, Help & Shelter, the Working People's Alliance, and many others.

[3] Towards the end of her life, Andaiye worked on a collection of writings about growing up in the inequalities of nation, race/ethnicity, class and sex and how this experience shaped her politics.

[29] She had compiled a collection of her own writings and speeches from more than 50 years of activism, which was posthumously published by Pluto Press in April 2020 under the title The Point is to Change the World (edited by Alissa Trotz).