- Garifuna Americans
- Garifuna
- Garifuna language
- Garifuna (disambiguation)
- Garifuna music
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Afro–Latin Americans
- Happy Land fire
- History of African Americans in Los Angeles
- List of Afro-Latinos
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Garifuna Americans or Black Carib Americans are Americans of Garifuna ancestry, who are descendants of Arawak, Kalinago (Island Carib), and Afro-Caribbean people living in Saint Vincent. Many Garifuna were exiled from St. Vincent to the Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Nicaragua before moving to the United States.
Cultural events
As of 2012, Abrazo Garifuna in New York, an event celebrating the contributions of Garifuna Americans to New York City is in its second year. Abrazo Garifuna in New York continues to be held annually as of 2014.
Notable people
Vic Barrett – activist
Teofilo Colon Jr. – photographer
O.T Genasis – rapper
See also
Garifuna music
Happy Land fire
References
Further reading
Chaney, James. "Malleable Identities: Placing The Garínagu In New Orleans." Journal of Latin American Geography 11.2 (2012): 121–144. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 June 2015.
England, Sarah. "Transnational Movements, Racialized Space", Afro Central Americans in New York City: Garifuna Tales of Transnational Movements in Racialized Space. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006: 29
Matthei, Linda M., and David A. Smith. "Flexible Ethnic Identity, Adaptation, Survival, Resistance: The Garifuna In The World-System." Social Identities 14.2 (2008): 215–232. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 June 2015.
Swain, Liz. "Garifuna Americans." Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Ed. Jeffrey Lehman. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 686–697. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 20 June 2015.
External links
Garifuna American Heritage Foundation United