This renowned crew helps elementary and high schools in Belize teach the Garifuna culture and language through music—a strategy borrowed by other language professors who teach Garifuna via song.

The music, food and culture of Belize will be woven throughout activities on Fair Grounds during the New Orleans Jazz Fest this year. Belize is the focus of the 2016 Cultural Exchange Pavilion.

During his childhood in Belize, bassist Al Ovando ... music group that has taken the music of the Belizean Garifuna people around the world. The Garifuna culture traces its roots to West and ...

His favorites include music from Mali, Brazil ... Palacio is of the Garifuna culture in Belize. Watina brings together Garifuna musicians of several generations from Belize, Guatemala and Honduras ...

Rich in culture, music, and creativity, the Garifuna people came to Belize after receiving threats from British and French colonial militaries. Today, the heritage of their ancestors lives on ...

Their independent culture persists to this day in communities in Belize, Honduras, and neighboring nations, where their African-inspired language, customs and music are preserved and continue to ...

Andy Palacio, the musician from Belize who generated unprecedented worldwide awareness about Garifuna culture and music, died in Belize on Saturday night (Jan. 19) from complications following a ...