Following the recent death of Garifuna music icon Aurelio Martinez, we naturally look to a younger generation for the pioneers of the future. One of those is Belizian Emilio Thomas, known artistically ...

Detail of the Garifuna Kiosk Network. Image Courtesy of 24 Grados Arquitectura Their work also deals with the intervention of the country's natural heritage. Their philosophy is rooted in working ...

Honduran ambassador of Garifuna music and politician died at 55 in a plane crash. Martínez's official Facebook page confirmed his death and mourned the loss of the musician.

Aurelio Martínez, the celebrated Honduran folk musician who helped introduce the wider world to the music of the Garifuna people, died Monday, March 17, in a small passenger plane crash. He was ...

Aurelio Martínez, the celebrated Honduran folk musician who helped introduce the wider world to the music of the Garifuna people, died Monday, March 17, in a small passenger plane crash. He was ...

Custom dictates you eat tapado slowly, ideally with a cold beer and a fresh, warm coconut bread roll to mop up the broth. So that’s what I do, taking my time. Then, I pop in to see owner Walder ...

The city even has a Miss Garifuna contest where contestants must use the language. Knowing Garifuna is “itaraliña lasubudiriniua katabu la”—“how it is known who you are”—one Garifuna ...

Garifuna Language Commission is actually doing is a good example of … that on their own they have spearheaded the teaching of Garifuna language in primary schools,” he further stated. Dr. Alberita ...

Garifuna Settlement Day honors those who perished in the Garifuna Holocaust on Balliceaux. This barren island, with no water or shelter, became a prison for over 5,000 Garifuna men, women, and ...

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 ...

The language can mostly be traced through this group of people’s travel pathway. Rakeem Nuñez-Roches is of Garifuna descent. He was the first Garifuna Belize American to win a Super Bowl.