The indigenous people of color, the Garifunas of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, have since the mid-19th century intermittently abandoned kith and kin to labor in the more affluent communities abroad to garner incomes sufficient to sustain their families and maintain their culture. This amazing population have withstood the Middle Passage from Africa, shipwrecks on the West Indies coasts, amalgamation with the Arawaks and Caribs, defensive warfare against domination by French and British colonials, exile from their island home of St. Vincent, and subjugation to societys periphery...
The indigenous people of color, the Garifunas of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, have since the mid-19th century intermittently abandoned k...
