Most Garifuna people continue to live throughout multiple countries in Central America including Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Belize. Timeline of Garifuna history on display at the Garifuna ...

While the Garifuna people only make up four percent of Belize’s population, the culture plays a huge role in the country’s history. When a ship of enslaved Africans sank, the survivors reached ...

Belize was granted its independence on September 21, 1981, centuries after the Garifuna people have been living autonomously in the south. Under International Law the Garifuna and Maya people can ...

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.. Garifuna culture was ...

For anyone visiting southern Belize at this time, the experience is unforgettable. Garifuna Settlement Day proudly showcases Garifuna culture and heritage. The streets are filled with the pulse of ...

Garifuna singers, dancers, and drummers perform in Hopkins, a small village in the Stann Creek District of Belize. Garifuna people are using music to revive their endangered language.

The Garifuna Collective are the leading musical representatives of the Garifuna people. When the group’s co-founder Andy Palacio traveled to neighboring Nicaragua as a young man and witnessed the ...