Garifuna Americans Explained

Pop:	200,000 (2011)^[1]
Langs:	American English, Garifuna, Spanish language
Rels:	Predominantly Roman Catholic Minority Protestantism
Related:	GarifunaAfro-Caribbean, Afro-Honduran, Afro-Guatemalans, Afro-Nicaraguans, Caribbean American, West Indian

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.^{[2] [3]} 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

, Abrazo Garifuna in New York, an event celebrating the contributions of Garifuna Americans to New York City is in its second year.^[4] Abrazo Garifuna in New York continues to be held annually as of 2014.^[5]

Notable people

• Vic Barrett – activist
• Teofilo Colon Jr. – photographer
• O.T Genasis – rapper

See also

• Garifuna music
• Happy Land fire

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Agudelo, Carlos . Afrodescendencia: Aproximaciones contemporáneas desde América Latina y el Caribe . 2011 . 2021-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160818173431/http://www.cinu.mx/AFRODESCENDENCIA.pdf . 2016-08-18 . dead . es . Los garifunas, identidades y reivindicaciones de un pueblo afrodescendiente de América Central . 59–66.
2. News: New York, a graveyard for languages. Turin, Mark. Mark Turin. 16 December 2012. BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 December 2012.
3. Crawford . MH . Gonzalez . NL . Schanfield . MS . Dykes . DD . Skradski . K . Polesky . HF . The Black Caribs (Garifuna) of Livingston, Guatemala: Genetic Markers and Admixture Estimates . Human Biology . February 1981 . 53 . 1 . 87–103 . 414645961 . 7239494 .
4. Web site: Senator Ruben Diaz to celebrate the 2nd "Abrazo Garifuna in New York". March 15, 2012. New York State Senate. 22 December 2012.
5. Web site: Senator Ruben Diaz to celebrate the 3rd "Abrazo Garifuna in New York" . 20 March 2013 . . 19 November 2014.