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
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.[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
References
- ↑Agudelo, Carlos (2011). "Los garifunas, identidades y reivindicaciones de un pueblo afrodescendiente de América Central". Afrodescendencia: Aproximaciones contemporáneas desde América Latina y el Caribe(PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 59–66. Archived from the original(PDF) on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ↑Turin, Mark (16 December 2012). "New York, a graveyard for languages". BBC News. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ↑Crawford, MH; Gonzalez, NL; Schanfield, MS; Dykes, DD; Skradski, K; Polesky, HF (February 1981). "The Black Caribs (Garifuna) of Livingston, Guatemala: Genetic Markers and Admixture Estimates". Human Biology. 53 (1): 87–103. JSTOR 414645961. PMID 7239494.
- ↑"Senator Ruben Diaz to celebrate the 2nd "Abrazo Garifuna in New York"". New York State Senate. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ↑"Senator Ruben Diaz to celebrate the 3rd "Abrazo Garifuna in New York"". New York State Senate. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
Further reading
- Chaney, James. «Identidades maleables: La presencia garícua en Nueva Orleans». Journal of Latin American Geography 11.2 (2012): 121–144. Academic Search Complete . Web. 20 de junio de 2015.
- England, Sarah. «Movimientos transnacionales, espacio racializado», Afrocentroamericanos en la ciudad de Nueva York: relatos garífunas de movimientos transnacionales en un espacio racializado. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006: 29
- Matthei, Linda M., y David A. Smith. «Identidad étnica flexible, adaptación, supervivencia, resistencia: los garífunas en el sistema mundial». Identidades sociales 14.2 (2008): 215–232. Academic Search Complete . Web. 20 de junio de 2015.
- Swain, Liz. «Garifuna Americans». Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America . Ed. Jeffrey Lehman. 2.ª ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 686–697. Biblioteca de referencia virtual de Gale . Web. 20 de junio de 2015.
Enlaces externos
- Fundación del Patrimonio Garífuna Americano Unida
Categorías :
- Garífuna
- nativos americanos negros