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Crowdfunding Campaign: Helping Garifuna children of Honduras discover their history and cultural pride via first-ever published children’s book for them

Sep 16, 2014, 11:20 AM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: Helping Garifuna children of Honduras discover their history and cultural pride via first-ever published children’s book for them Garifuna culture originated from the Island of St. Vincent (in the Caribbean) in the 1600’s. Garifunas are a…

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Intern’l Video: Central America’s indigenous blacks gain a voice and presence in film

Jan 15, 2014, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — The story of the African slave trade in the early Americas has been well memorialized in countless books, stage plays and films. Yet, there is one incident of this dehumanizing chapter in global history that isn’t as…

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The Other Honduras: Garifuna Culture on the North Coast

Apr 2, 2013, 12:39 PM 0

By Jody Paterson Honduras Weekly It’s crazy-hot in the little casita where Garifuna women cook. It’s even hotter over by the wood cooking stove, where they grill ground yucca into the giant wafer-like tortas that are a mainstay of…

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Who Owns the Forest in Honduras?

Dec 14, 2012, 5:32 PM 0

Honduras Weekly The species-diverse forest in Honduras is so seriously at risk from deforestation and mismanagement that UNESCO has put it on the “red list” of world heritage sites in danger. Who does the forest belong to? The Garifuna…