While the Garifuna people only make up four percent of Belize’s population, the culture plays a huge role in the country’s history. When a ship of enslaved Africans sank, the survivors reached ...

But for the Garifuna people, descendants of shipwrecked slaves whose culture extends through Belize, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, world-music sensation Andy Palacio was more than a star.

“Wátina,” was praised on an international level and drew attention to the Garifuna people of Belize, an Afro-Amerindian community. The Garifuna are descendants of enslaved West Africans who ...

Most Garifuna people continue to live throughout multiple countries in Central America including Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Belize. Bootsy Rankin was born in Belize in the town of Dangriga ...

Descendants of West African slaves and Carib and Arawak indigenous peoples, the Garifuna people arrived in Belize in the ...

In addition to its ancient Mayan history, Belize has another indigenous population dating back hundreds of years, the Garifuna. This vibrant culture descends from the Afro-Caribbean and Carib people ...

The Garifuna people are descendants of Indigenous Caribbean ... another Garifuna artist from Belize. Palacio invited Martínez to perform at a Garifuna festival he organized, and the two recorded ...