Garifuna music incorporates sounds from African ... another Garifuna artist from Belize. Palacio invited Martínez to perform at a Garifuna festival he organized, and the two recorded the duet ...

Multiple world tours and international music awards later, the Garifuna Collective “put Garifuna on the international map, and took Belize along with it,” says Laredo. Although Palacio passed ...

He moved to the provincial capital of La Ceiba to study music, and eventually launched his performing career alongside the Belizean musician Andy Palacio. Garifuna, the musical tradition in which ...

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 ...

Aurelio Martínez, the Honduran musician who championed his country’s Garifuna people (also known as the Garínagu) and brought their music to wider international attention, has died. Martinez ...

He moved to the provincial capital of La Ceiba to study music, and eventually launched his performing career alongside the Belizean musician Andy Palacio. Garifuna, the musical tradition in which they ...