Small Garifuna communities still live in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The Garifuna diaspora abroad includes communities in Honduras, the United States, and Belize.

The Afro-Caribbean Garifuna people, born from the African slave trade, claim a rich cultural heritage of music, dance and spirituality.

They are African and indigenous people who originally lived on the Caribbean Island of Saint Vincent and speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language. The Garifuna are the descendants of …

Aug 20, 2024 · The story of the Garinagu or Garinagou (plural of Garifuna) begins almost 400 years ago, when South American Carib Indians migrated to the Caribbean island of St. Vincent …

Sep 15, 2025 · This rich heritage stems from the Garifuna people, who trace their roots back to the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. Celebrated through music, dance, and culinary practices, …

The Garifuna people are of mixed African and Caribbean descent, specifically people from Saint Vincent exiled to Honduras in the eighteenth century. They are also known as Black Caribs.

Aug 1, 2017 · Today, the Garifunas are regarded as the last remaining descendants of the Caribs. They are referred to as the Black Caribs and the only people who reflect the culture of the …

These Africans willingly learned the language and customs of the native St. Vincentians and were gifted with Indian daughters to marry. From this union, a new ethnic group emerged called the …

A significant number of Garifuna (Garinagu), who are descendants of the Carib Indians and Africans deported from Saint Vincent by the British to the Gulf of Honduras in 1798, live in …

The Garifuna people are people of African descent (in other words, Black people) whose ancestry can be traced to Africans mixing with Carib Indians and Arawak Indians on the Eastern …