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| pop = {{circa}} 200,000 (2011)<ref name="Afrodescendencia">{{Cite book |url=http://www.cinu.mx/AFRODESCENDENCIA.pdf |title=Afrodescendencia: Aproximaciones contemporáneas desde América Latina y el Caribe |date=2011 |access-date=2021-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818173431/http://www.cinu.mx/AFRODESCENDENCIA.pdf |archive-date=2016-08-18 |url-status=dead |language=es |first=Carlos |last=Agudelo |chapter=Los garifunas, identidades y reivindicaciones de un pueblo afrodescendiente de América Central |pages=59–66}}</ref> |
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| langs = [[American English]], [[Garifuna language]], [[Spanish language]] |
| langs = [[American English]], [[Garifuna language]], [[Spanish language]] |
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Total population | |
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c. 200,000 (2011)[1] | |
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Languages | |
American English, Garifuna language, Spanish language | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Roman Catholic Minority Protestantism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Garifuna Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Honduran, Afro-Guatemalans, Afro-Nicaraguans, Caribbean American, West Indian |
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By ethnicity |
Garifuna Americans or Black Carib Americans are Americans of Garifuna ancestry, who are descendants of Arawak, Kalinago (Island Carib), and Afro-Caribbean people living in Saint Vincent.[2][3] Many Garifuna were exiled from St. Vincent to the Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Nicaragua before moving to the United States.
Cultural events
As of 2012[update], Abrazo Garifuna in New York, an event celebrating the contributions of Garifuna Americans to New York City is in its second year.[4] Abrazo Garifuna in New York continues to be held annually as of 2014.[5]
Notable people
- Vic Barrett – activist
- Teofilo Colon Jr. – photographer
- O.T Genasis – rapper
See also
References
- ^ Agudelo, Carlos (2011). "Los garifunas, identidades y reivindicaciones de un pueblo afrodescendiente de América Central". Afrodescendencia: Aproximaciones contemporáneas desde América Latina y el Caribe (PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 59–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Turin, Mark (16 December 2012). "New York, a graveyard for languages". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ Crawford, MH; Gonzalez, NL; Schanfield, MS; Dykes, DD; Skradski, K; Polesky, HF (February 1981). "The Black Caribs (Garifuna) of Livingston, Guatemala: Genetic Markers and Admixture Estimates". Human Biology. 53 (1): 87–103. JSTOR 414645961. PMID 7239494.
- ^ "Senator Ruben Diaz to celebrate the 2nd "Abrazo Garifuna in New York"". New York State Senate. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ "Senator Ruben Diaz to celebrate the 3rd "Abrazo Garifuna in New York"". New York State Senate. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
Further reading
- Chaney, James. "Malleable Identities: Placing The Garínagu In New Orleans." Journal of Latin American Geography 11.2 (2012): 121–144. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 June 2015.
- England, Sarah. "Transnational Movements, Racialized Space", Afro Central Americans in New York City: Garifuna Tales of Transnational Movements in Racialized Space. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006: 29
- Matthei, Linda M., and David A. Smith. "Flexible Ethnic Identity, Adaptation, Survival, Resistance: The Garifuna In The World-System." Social Identities 14.2 (2008): 215–232. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 June 2015.
- Swain, Liz. "Garifuna Americans." Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Ed. Jeffrey Lehman. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 686–697. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 20 June 2015.