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The history of Garifuna culture in Guatemala, Livingston After a period of undisturbed colonial activity, the Garifuna were eventually confronted by the British who landed on the island.
After the Happy Land Social Club fire in 1990 – one of the biggest fires in New York City history, which claimed the lives of 87 people, including many members of the Garifuna community ...
Take Sunday night’s show, headlined by the Garifuna Collective. How many people are familiar with the Belizean band, much less with the history of the Garifuna culture? The Garifuna are an Afro ...
The Garifuna people and culture were created by one of the most dramatic ethnic mixings in history: two ships with enslaved Africans were shipwrecked off the coast of what is now St. Vincent and ...
Honduran ambassador of Garifuna music and politician died at 55 in a plane crash. Martínez's official Facebook page confirmed his death and mourned the loss of the musician.
This could be the year that Garifuna music—created by the descendants of indigenous Caribbeans and West African slaves who were shipwrecked on the island of Saint Vincent 350 years ago—takes ...
When Edwin Guity finally opened Pollitos Azucar in June, it was a dream long in the making. “When I was a kid, I followed my mom and grandmom in the kitchen and watched them cook Garifuna food ...
A collective that is preserving the sounds and culture of Afro-Indigenous people from Belize and Honduras will join the Brandeis community for a concert and residency this fall.