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Civilizations & Empires

The Garifuna

18th century – present

St Vincent; Caribbean coast of Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua; diaspora in the US

The Garifuna, a people of African and Indigenous Caribbean ancestry from St Vincent, were exiled by Britain to Roatán in 1797 and settled along Central America's Caribbean coast, keeping an Arawakan language.

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Carib family on St. Vincent, the Garifuna homeland, preparing cassava bread, 1903 stereograph
Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (stereograph). License: Public domain (LOC: no known restrictions; 1903).

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Sources

  1. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, "Language, dance and music of the Garifuna" (Primary source)
  2. Minority Rights Group International, "Garífuna in Honduras" (Reference)
  3. EBSCO Research Starters, "Garifuna Day (Belize)" (Reference)

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