The Garifuna People: West African Slave

The Garifuna people are descendants of West Africans Slave who intermarried with native Carib and Arawak Indians, many people label them the “Black Carib because of that. In addition, the term “Garifuna” in English means “cassava eating people”. The West Africans Slaves were on their way to a Plantation or mines when their ship was ruined in a bad storm and they were able to escape and The Garifuna people also known as “Garinagu” in English literally means happened to get washed up on the shores of Saint Vincent. The only reason why the West African slaves intermarried with Native Americans was to protect themselves from being recaptured and sold which saved Garifuna from ever being slaves. However, in the late 1700’s The Garifuna people
Speak your language and you shouldn't be ashamed. Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua these country are where the Garifuna are spoken. Plus they also included the USA. They originated, but supposedly they do not speak the language anymore. When Garifuna was signed St. Vincent, those who remain in the Island were preventing from speaking the language. Thats how the language totally disappeared from the Island. Ricardo’s main goal is to protect the Garifuna culture as he was taught when he was younger. He uses his children to accomplish his goals. This is an example of the younger generation to help keep their
Vincent, thats where they started. They are the result of a African father that who they are. The people that they come from happen to went to a special thing in history. When they were never slave, the ships slave where coming and the slave took over the ships. They went into the jungle and mixed with Caribs. In 1797, April 12 is the settlement date of the Garifuna to Central America that the day they arrived and they kicked them out of St. Vincent. They were 5,000 captured but only half of them 2,500 made it to Central America Honduras. This idea is comparable to event of slavery in the 1700’s. Forced into slavery, the Garifuna had no power and additionally, do not have power