Garifuna Links

Garinet — Virtual Garifuna network with information about Garifuna People, their community, culture and traditions.
Labuga — Garifuna community of Livingston, Guatemala.
Garifuna.com — Brief history of the Garifuna.
The Garifuna Journey — A documentary project focusing on a remarkable story of resistance and continuity of culture in the face of overwhelming odds.
Interview with Joseph Palacio — Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink Review article by Maximilian Forte, with extensive further links.
Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink — Index to articles and information about the Garifuna of Belize and St. Vincent.
Assimilation is a double-edged sword — Los Angeles Times article by Anne-Marie O’Conner.
Garifuna Empowerment Movement — Los Angeles organization working to unite and preserve the Garifuna culture through education, promotion and cultivation of the culture.
Expressions of Central America — Stanford Center for Latin American Studies online educational tool to help teachers and students uncover the rich artistic, cultural, and historical heritage of traditionally underrepresented Central American peoples.
Garifuna fight to keep beaches — Associated Press article by Traci Carl.
Links to the Afro-Latin World — Links page from North Carolina A&T State University.
Roots World: Garifuna Music — Roots recordings of indigenous and African-descent peoples of Central America.
The World of Pen Cayetano — Ambassador of art & music.
A Brush with a Purpose — Greg Palacio, a modern Garífuna painter, works in a rich, descriptive style. See a slide show of his work.
Puntamusic.com — Bringing the drums closer to your ears!
Garifuna Web — Websites for Organizacion Fraternal Negra Hondureña (OFRANEH) and Organizacion Negra Centroamericana (ONECA).

¿Quiénes son los Garífuna? Los Garífuna son gente de decendencia Africana, Arawak e Indio-Caribe quienes fueron exiliados de la isla de San Vicente en 1797 y esforzados a reubicarse por la costa Atlántica de Belice, Honduras y Nicaragua. Como nunca fueron esclavos, la mayor parte de sus tradiciones y cultura han quedado intactas hasta el presente cuando cambios políticos, reforma en propiedades de terrenos, desastres "naturales", la economía e influencias extranjeras han comenzado a influenciar el estilo de sobre vivencia en la comunidad Garífuna.

Gris-Gris Filmmakers Cooperative — African Cinema.
ArtMattan Productions — African Diaspora Cinema.
California Newsreel — Black Cinema.
Kino on Video — International Cinema.
GreenCine — The West Coast DVD Rental Community for the Alternative Scene.
BRAINTRUSTdv — An ongoing attempt to understand electronic cinema on its own terms.