AFRO HONDURAS (THE GARIFUNA): The African Diaspora In Honduras

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4 жыл бұрын

Guess what! For once we have an African diaspora story that doesn't begin with slavery. This week we are looking at the history of an ethnic group known as the Garifuna! There are Garifuna communities across Central and North America including the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Belize. But today we will be focusing on the Garifuna community in Honduras. Find out their unique and incredible story in this video.
Illustration by: Jimena Isabel Merchán & Ana Ferreras. Find them on Instagram at: @jimenaimm and @annilustra
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@ElNegringoKreyolito 3 жыл бұрын

I love learning about the African diaspora😌🙏🏿. I am a son of Haïti born in the USA; big salute to all my Afrikan cousins wherever you are in the world🙂

@HOPROPHETA 2 жыл бұрын

The Garifuna are connected to Haiti from their Arawak roots. Garifuna is not only African but also Arawak with a smidgeon of Karina. Haiti was settled by the Arawak.

@vjej1980 2 жыл бұрын

@@HOPROPHETA Well the history of the New World was primarily shaped by 3 major cultures: the European, African & Native American culture. But the Garifuna culture is predominantly west African. Just like the Haitian culture is predominantly west African. Amerindians/Native Americans didn’t have the djembe drum. It was never used by Native American people. And it was never apart of Native American culture. The djembe is a drum that originated in west Africa….And has always been the primary instrument of west Africa. And djembe drumming & dancing is the very heartbeat of Garifuna culture. It is literally the focal point & backbone of practically every event, festival & celebration which takes place among the Garifuna people. (As seen in the video.)

@vjej1980 2 жыл бұрын

@@soulman95 PERFECTLY SAID!!

@vjej1980 2 жыл бұрын

@@soulman95 EXACTLY!

@juanacastillo1772 6 ай бұрын

Hello fam❤️

@johngood5605 4 жыл бұрын

My parents are from La Ceiba, Honduras full Garifuna Dissent descent. 🇭🇳I’m proud to be GARÍFUNA and I really appreciate you keeping our culture thriving ❤️ (Miami,Fl)

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Hi John, thanks for watching! Oh wow, that's amazing that your parents are from La Ceiba! Have you spent much time there? It was a pleasure to make this video, I was so humbled and grateful to the Garifuna people who provided me with information and even some images. I would love to visit Honduras one day! Thank you for watching and for your kind words 🙌🏽🤗❤

@ThenCameRoatan 4 жыл бұрын

I'm Garifuna, my parents were born in the first Garifuna Settlement, Punta Gorda, Roatan. I moved to Roatan in 2011 and since then, have been working hard as a cultural ambassador. Thank you for featuring my beautiful heritage, the Garifuna story is a triumphant part of black history.

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing! I would love to hear more about your work, do you have a website or Instagram page?

@ThenCameRoatan 4 жыл бұрын

@@FreedomIsMineOfficial Yes, I just started my KZfaq channel and will feature content about the cultural ambassador work that I do kzfaq.info/love/gX-Z4BTXJdI5H20nLAHyng?view_as=subscriber. Instagram is @ThenCameRoatan. Also, my family started a cultural center in Roatan, you can check out the website on www.fccroatan.com.

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing, I've followed you on instagram 🤗

@AndreiFantastic 3 жыл бұрын

wow how's living in roatan? I want to visit

@ThenCameRoatan 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndreiFantastic it’s great. I found a healthy work life balance, met my hubby, and living the dream. Here is my latest video about my Roatan life kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g9Rdpralx7LLaXk.html

@BOBBYP34 3 жыл бұрын

Really cool. I took a DNA test to try to find my biological father and found out I’m half Garifuna. So much to learn now! Thanks for the video!

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's amazing! I hope you're able to connect with your Garifuna heritage in some way - there are so many Garifuna organisations across the Americas doing incredible work, maybe you could connect with a few!

@realliferealtalkwithbiggs777 3 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@armandorochez6037 3 жыл бұрын

No such things as half Garífuna fam. Anyone in your lineage is Garífuna. You ARE Garífuna. Peace.

@Cruz9913 3 жыл бұрын

They have represented the Honduran culture best than any other group. Their music, dance and food is huge pride for Honduras. However, the support they get in return is less than cero. I hope the Government pay more attention to this wonderful group and help them. Very talented people, hard-working and humble. They deserve better...

@jervi2391 Жыл бұрын

The whole country supports but yea the government could definitely do more they dont do enough . But they honestly don't do much for anyone but them self . It sucks but is basically almost if not every country in Latin America governments don't care about their culture of people. The people tho love and support and a lot represent Honduras country in soccer music and more like it was said. There's a saying in Honduras I haven't visit in so long but it used to be saying I'm sure it still is that goes. You are not Honduran if you don't dance punta. Punta music has hit top 100 billboards music. I look Samoan but I have garifunas In my blood from my dad side. I was born in Honduras 🇭🇳 love and miss it. Recommend visiting the coast and the islands definitely in the bucket list if yall haven't gone. You won't be disappointed. The beaches are so many. Many different type of sands and water so clear. ❤🇭🇳

@Abstract.Noir414 Жыл бұрын

When they do, theyll gentrify their culture

@juanacastillo1772 6 ай бұрын

Yep the government sucks 💩💩

@cueroysalado1221 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers from Honduras 🇭🇳 ❤️🇭🇳

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Saludos! ✊🏽😊

@naddymelendez 3 жыл бұрын

I'm Garifuna, and I'm showing in my videos my beautiful culture.

@DaRealBigRif 2 жыл бұрын

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@Kj.sc00m 3 жыл бұрын

I’m garifuna from Belize 🇧🇿

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Hi family! Thank you for watching 😊🖤

@michelleatmassagestudentpr6298 3 жыл бұрын

This is a really well done video! I am a Canadian living in Roatan, Honduras and have yet to see the Sunday dances on the East end of the island where there is a larger Garifuna population! Was great to learn about the Garifuna, thank you!

@darrylwatters5175 3 жыл бұрын

Hello , Garifuna my name is Kwabena am of Ghanaian Senegalese and Lesotho heritage I was told some of my ancestors are also from Belize who are Garifuna am learning more about the Garifuna right now am trying to get a Belize Citizenship as well . But I was born in the USA to African parents .

@MrNancyValladares 3 жыл бұрын

My dad grew up in a garífuna town outside of La Ceiba, he speaks a little Garífuna. Great video! We have such a rich culture, sadly the corruption and violence upstaged it. 🇭🇳🇭🇳

@DaRealBigRif 2 жыл бұрын

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@rontam06 4 жыл бұрын

Love me some Punta 🎶 💃

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! 🎶

@TheTyception Жыл бұрын

I’m Vincentian, Honduran & Ghanaian 🇻🇨🇭🇳🇬🇭 I’m so proud of my heritage 😁 and thank you for this video

@FreedomIsMineOfficial Жыл бұрын

What an amazing and beautiful heritage! Thank YOU for watching! 🥰

@KaySeminomadic 3 жыл бұрын

I'm from St. Vincent. Thanks for the video.

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching sis! 😊

@DaRealBigRif 2 жыл бұрын

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@moorfortune901 Жыл бұрын

Those your cousins, y'all one and the same

@TravelmadicTV 4 жыл бұрын

Loving the content! New subcriber 👍🏾 I'm on my own little African Diaspora journey on my channel. I concentrate heavily on Cuba and Colombia. Before this pandemic I was heading to Tela and la Ceiba for their carnival. 😭

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you! I hope you can continue your amazing travels when the pandemic is over.

@TravelmadicTV 4 жыл бұрын

@@FreedomIsMineOfficial yes definitely check out my "Callejon De Hamel" videos from Cuba. I think you will find them interesting, like I find your channel 🙌🏿

@manuelalopes6003 3 жыл бұрын

I am african West -Afrik Guiné-bissau 🇬🇼🇬🇼🙏

@DaRealBigRif 2 жыл бұрын

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@KasimirStanley 2 жыл бұрын

My mother is Garifuna from 🇭🇳 ❤ sending love from 🇨🇦

@hondutrujilloca 3 жыл бұрын

I have a mixture of mestizo European and garifuna even tho I'm light skin my grandfather on my mom's side is garifuna and he was teaching me the language but I came to the U S when I was 8 years old and forgot a lot of it I can barely understand and I can't speak it just words here and there

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Will you continue learning the language?

@AyeeeItsCam 3 жыл бұрын

You do know Garifuna isn't a bloodline. So saying you're Garifuna is just being African.

@mateosabio2857 2 жыл бұрын

same!

@MartintheMetalhead 2 жыл бұрын

I met a Garífuna man working as a Police Officer in Nicaragua. He recommended a trip to the Corn Islands in the Caribbean sea.

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a lovely story! I will have to add Corn Islands to my bucket list!

@justinnune4080 Жыл бұрын

As a Honduran I have a pretty mixed culture in my family from indigenous/Spanish and some Afro in it looking in. I remember my dad showing me videos about the garifuna culture and they are awsome people and a big part of the Honduran culture but sadly there’s some people that discriminate the graifuna people even the goverment. But I have a lot of respect for my garifuna brothers/sisters and we’re all Honduran not matter what we are❤️🇭🇳

@BlancaBonillaReflexiones 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video i love my culture.❤

@normaondina9687 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video you can teach other people and to know the knowledge of African-Americans and how they brought them to our country thank you so much for teaching our people about our culture and our food and our people

@daysifernandez1863 5 ай бұрын

Thank you For this video for other afrodecendent know about our Garifuna Cultura Proud Garifuna Decendent 🤍💛🖤

@carmenhomer1965 4 жыл бұрын

I am enjoying your videos. Very informative

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@carmenhomer1965 4 жыл бұрын

@@FreedomIsMineOfficial You are welcome.

@nayzamanaiza1553 3 жыл бұрын

🇭🇳 Proud to be 🇬🇹

@casprep3340 3 жыл бұрын

YES!!!This is so needed. Thank-you!

@leroygeorge4210 3 жыл бұрын

A regurgitated version of Garifuna origins: "2 shiploads of slaves turned into over 5000 Garifuna in just over 100 years. An investigated version of Garifuna origins: The Garifuna had been on the island of St Vincent since no later than 1312, (Crossing of the Mali Kingdom with 2000+ ships)

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Leroy

@napoleonokugbe2406 2 жыл бұрын

There is nothing like investigated version. Forget about all those lies. Do a Garifuna a DNA test and you will realize they are mostly from present day Southern Nigeria and DNA says it. Their languages has lot of Nigerian dialets especially the Igbos, Efik and Ibibio in it.

@HOPROPHETA 2 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@HOPROPHETA 2 жыл бұрын

@@napoleonokugbe2406 Which words? Our language is Arawak, Karina, French and some Spanish. Perhaps there was Nigerian contact with the Karina in Pre Columbian times?

@nokurruption8433 2 жыл бұрын

Nigeria's population was 55 million in 1970,right now it's over 200 million, 50 years later.

@adriisonley9147 3 жыл бұрын

I feel my ancestors in my roots

@MorganFlake 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! Going to show it in my Spanish class :)

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@lindadechiazza2924 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! lovely message.

@DaRealBigRif 2 жыл бұрын

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@AyeeeItsCam 3 жыл бұрын

Garifuna culture is so interesting. They speak an indigenous language and identify themselves as Afro/Indigenous or Zambo people. But actually, because of their history, most Garifuna range between 70 and 90 percent African. Not very much indigenous anymore.

@Rescuemissioncpr_indy 3 жыл бұрын

Compared to most African Americans that would be a high number

@Abstract.Noir414 3 жыл бұрын

@@Rescuemissioncpr_indy Not really African americans on avg have up to 10-15% european dna in many situations and the rest african

@armandorochez6037 3 жыл бұрын

@@Abstract.Noir414 Garífuna people have next to zero European dna. The brother is right. I’m 12% Arawak according to their records. The rest African (Mbundu), 0% European. I’m Garifuna 100%. Peace.

@HOPROPHETA 2 жыл бұрын

Still they have preserved the language to the point where Puerto Rican Taino and Dominican Kalinago have studied the language. My parents were Garifuna and when I showed my Mom a video of a South American singer singing Arawak...she understood what he sang.

@HOPROPHETA 2 жыл бұрын

@@armandorochez6037 Did you know the woman (Tituba) ..often portrayed as Black.. who was the servant in the Salem witch trials was Arawak? Some say Kalina. From Barbados.

@carlosantunez1760 2 жыл бұрын

Hola amiga me gusta la historia soy catracho saludes desde new York

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Saludos Carlos, gracias por ver el video!

@immigrantedificationtv8401 4 жыл бұрын

Bless up Queen nice video.

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@creeksideyella 4 жыл бұрын

@@FreedomIsMineOfficial can you do miskito kingdom in Nicaragua

@dntzle2235 2 жыл бұрын

On my dad side 🇧🇿 🇬🇹 🇭🇳 💯

@theoutherplanes7928 2 жыл бұрын

awesome video!!!!!

@agneskayange2804 2 жыл бұрын

I watch with love from Tanzania - East Africa

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@donnypear6132 Жыл бұрын

I am Garifuna... from st Vincent

@melidasanchez3404 3 жыл бұрын

👋🙏 Honduras🙋✊♥♥

@KingStaminaTheLongLastingBrand 3 жыл бұрын

#KingStaminaTheLongLastingBrand rocking with Honduras all the way from Belize

@nb.chillyfigueroa2453 4 жыл бұрын

Love this video my parents are garifuna my dad is from Guatemala my mother is from Belize so I'm garifuna belizean/Guatemalan American Born

@FreedomIsMineOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a fantastic cultural mix you have in your family! Thank you for watching and I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

@regisostinmedinajr2402 4 жыл бұрын

This information is not accurate. She uses the slave rhetoric which does not apply to us.

@nb.chillyfigueroa2453 4 жыл бұрын

@@regisostinmedinajr2402 what the f*** it is to you

@ostinmedina7708 4 жыл бұрын

I am Garifuna born and raised in a Garifuna town in Honduras, I am also well versed in our history. I am fluent in our language and customs. "That is what that f.... It is to me. There are many individuals in present day who learn a bit of our history and fill in the blanks with BS.

@nb.chillyfigueroa2453 4 жыл бұрын

@@ostinmedina7708 right u got that on point

@massaycrisanto9847 4 жыл бұрын

🇭🇳🇭🇳🇭🇳

@armandorochez6037 3 жыл бұрын

The name is YURUMEIN. NOT Saint Vincent as it is criminally called now. We rejected the English language, religion and every aspect of their way of life. Shout out to all the people in Bayeira, Griggs, and Beyabu YURUMEIN. Peace.

@Marzybeee 3 жыл бұрын

Is the "

@realliferealtalkwithbiggs777 3 жыл бұрын

I was right ALL ALONG. I would see certain Honduran and say why they have black ppl features and BOOM 💥 this video. The video I WASNT looking for

@josephj7908 2 жыл бұрын

Hermosa 😍

@danashaw8463 3 жыл бұрын

Yes ur head wrap is gorgeous

@planetdelta8232 3 жыл бұрын

In Amharic, the dominant ethiopian language, There are words that are Also ment to be used exclusively according to gender. What a coïncidence

@davieflores8700 4 жыл бұрын

There’s another African ethnic group in Honduras as well they’re called the “miskitos”

@takerisks8370 4 жыл бұрын

I think they’re Indian not African

@davieflores8700 4 жыл бұрын

@@takerisks8370 they are part african the spanish colonizers brought african slaves and those slaves mixed with the natives thats how you have the miskitos ...look it up..i'm from honduras and i know the ethnic groups in my country

@s0f_03 4 жыл бұрын

Modest Smith Indian as in from India? Or as Indigenous? The Indigenous people of Latin America aren’t Indian, tho. Are the Miskitos perhaps mixed of African & Indigenous descent?

@davieflores8700 4 жыл бұрын

@@s0f_03 yess

@cueroysalado1221 3 жыл бұрын

@@s0f_03 yes they are, actually we have three African communities, the Garífunas, The creole English Speaking Africans and the Miskitos.

@cadillacman2141 3 жыл бұрын

There’s a bond between black from different countries that nobody else has

@Abstract.Noir414 3 жыл бұрын

Not really,

@daphnerodriguez9980 2 жыл бұрын

THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜

@tkso.philly3879 3 жыл бұрын

Because I have a very good working of speaking Spanish through friends and Latinos in my family,it's at times difficult with different terms and slangs from different countries.Ive had buddies of mine tell me,in their homeland of Honduras,there's a language that only Blacks there speak,and no one else understand-

@HOPROPHETA 2 жыл бұрын

The Garifuna are the only group that speak the pre Columbian indigenous language of the Caribbean. We are preservers and are very unique. Others identify as Carib but no longer speak the language. My grandfather is in an anthropological book called BlacknXaribs of British Honduras published in the late 1940s.

@juanacastillo1772 6 ай бұрын

Tkso besides Garifuna the language mentioned above, the other black people in Honduras the Bay islanders which consist of Cayman Island and Jamaican descendants speak Creole English

@Ashamed2BHere Жыл бұрын

Great video. The slave ship theory was created by the British. Those Black Caribs were already here. They originated along the Rio Ulua.

@kaydawg1158 Жыл бұрын

False

@normahill6061 6 ай бұрын

And how did they get there? We're still Africans, evidently

@intoxicatedfather9307 3 жыл бұрын

Belizean garifuna from my dads side

@cser2486 3 жыл бұрын

🇭🇳 Honduras 🇭🇳

@imaninolastname2439 Жыл бұрын

are their any books or articles about this?

@AGtheGEEK 3 жыл бұрын

check this out.. the Garifuna supposedly came from a ship wreck? Am I wrong? So I looked up where exactly they came from. They are from another island in the Caribbean’s. This where it gets good. Those people from that Caribbean island got there from a ship wreck too... okay somebody lying. Maybe the “some blacks were already here” theory applies here in this situation. I don’t know just thinking.

@PrincePaulIowa Жыл бұрын

But their national soccer team is full of Garifuna! They (National government) should appreciate them and yield to their birth right: their land!

@kateybenson7992 2 жыл бұрын

Hey there please do one on the best herbs for women we need to know and heal

@jlewhue 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a member of the kidnapped crew whose Ancestors were trafficked to America, but the lady shown at 2:05 looks like she could be my maternal grandmother's twin sister.

@peekaboobitch5754 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a masterpiece. I knew it.

@deionle9355 3 жыл бұрын

great

@ricocox2591 3 жыл бұрын

I came on here. Some woman from Honduras asked for my number so I'm learning.

@JackOLanter 2 жыл бұрын

What a fine black girl. ❤

@darell8310 3 жыл бұрын

🇭🇳

@markhunter1 Жыл бұрын

not no tapado nor machuca is just a simple rundown and crab soup .. easy as that no come changing the name of the meals

@ShenaeWilliams 2 жыл бұрын

When pronouncing Garinagu, the accent needs to be on the 'i', not the 'a'.

@juansanchez5001 2 жыл бұрын

What part of Africa did Garifuna come from.

@zoeja364 Жыл бұрын

I saw dna test west and central Africa also they get a high native Indian dna

@osarobomike 3 жыл бұрын

GARIFUNA TRIBES are the ñigerias Benin kingdom people who left Benin kingdom in 1440=1473during a strong forbidden traditional law many of them left the kingdom some are in Ghana call GA TRiBE and some are in HONDURAS Call GARIFUNA TRIBES may God bless them amen

@fahadhossain2969 2 жыл бұрын

But Garifuna Ancestors Came From Which African Country ???

@DaRealBigRif 2 жыл бұрын

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@HOPROPHETA 2 жыл бұрын

Just looking at the people (I am Garinagu) there are many phenotypes. Some clearly indigenous, other West African, some central African.

@TheMaskedThearpist 8 ай бұрын

☠️

@kushking8558 Жыл бұрын

what they are not telling us is that black people from africa been sailing to the americas and was the first settlers thousands of years before there was even a place called spain or france and a europe and the people that lived on those islands was not no indians but the invaders called them so but they was blacks just like the people in south india and so many other countries australia i can go on and on but you should get the point

@_estecate_ 2 жыл бұрын

These are the original Hondurans

@DaRealBigRif 2 жыл бұрын

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@kaydawg1158 Жыл бұрын

False

@juanacastillo1772 6 ай бұрын

No Garifuna are mixed African and indigenous Carib from St Vincent and Grenadines so they are natives to those places not Honduras

@juanacastillo1772 6 ай бұрын

The original Honduraian are Maya, lenca, Miskitos etc

@_estecate_ 6 ай бұрын

@@juanacastillo1772 yeah darkskinned people with locks .

@tundakyat457 3 жыл бұрын

Garifuna / Black Caribs are descendance of Mali Sultan Abu-Bakr II expedition who the left the Mali empire around 1312 to find the end of the Atlantic ocean. in 1312 Mansa Musa the richest man ever succeeded Sultan Aba Bakr when he did not return from his expedition. This ship wreck narrative is a lie b/c there would have been some white Spanish blood within the Garifuna genes and there are none. Plus there are no Spanish words in the Garifuna language.

@DaRealBigRif 2 жыл бұрын

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@julianaespinal2087 Жыл бұрын

Anyways most garífunas live in Honduras*

@pruccettrompetoto3160 2 жыл бұрын

The Garinagu are not from Africa. The are indigenous. This is propaganda. Disrespectful

@jeyyynbaaa884 2 жыл бұрын

Yes we are, put people come from African and the islands of Saint Vincent !!!

@kaydawg1158 Жыл бұрын

There culture is africa

@iam2908 3 жыл бұрын

They are Israelites. They are part of the lost 12 tribes of Israel

@HOPROPHETA 2 жыл бұрын

Whaaa? I know of no circumcision, ritual micvahs or Hebrew in the Garifuna culture. Please explain.

@iam2908 2 жыл бұрын

@@HOPROPHETA Read Deuteronomy 28

@HOPROPHETA 2 жыл бұрын

@@iam2908 I have and reject that the curses are in any way for the Garifuna. It speaks of eating one's own children and more. Doctrine never comes from one scripture. That is simply error.