Tag: Honduras

  • The genre’s mainstream face is based on the misconception that Punta is the heartbeat of the Honduran people, the entirety of the country. In fact, this genre is rooted in a more specific community: the Garifuna people, the descendants of mixed West African and indigenous people that have historically resided on the Caribbean coast of…

  • Oral history interview with Lawrence Dennis, 1967 Columbia University Libraries Digital Collections Columbia Center for Oral History Columbia University, New York, New York Digitized 2010 (Originally recorded in 1967) DOI: 10.7916/d8-cpb1-1692 Lawrence Dennis (1893-1977) interviewed by William R. Keylor (1944-). Listen to the interview here.

  • Mapping Amerindian Captivity in Colonial Mosquitia Journal of Latin American Geography Volume 14, Number 3, October 2015 pages 35-65 Karl Offen, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio In 1764, Spanish colonel Luis Diez Navarro mapped the racially diverse British settlement at Black River on what is today the coast of northeastern Honduras.…

  • Garifuna: The Young Black Latino Exodus You’ve Never Heard About Fusion 2014-06-04 Jasmine Garsd Honduran migrants passing through Mexico often carry only the bare essentials: cash, some clothes and a cell phone, if they can afford one. Gustavo Morales stands out among the migrant population here in Tequixquiac, a hot, dusty little town right outside…

  • The Garifuna Exodus Latino USA 2015-01-23 Maria Hinojosa, Executive Producer & Anchor Marlon Bishop, Producer For centuries, the Garifuna people — descendents of both Africans and indigenous Arawak people from the Caribbean — have lived peacefully in seaside towns on the North Coast of Honduras. There’s always been a trickle of migration from the community…

  • Honduran held in Mexican jail returns home BBC News 2014-11-08 A Honduran migrant who was jailed for more than five years by Mexican police is expected to arrive in his home country on Sunday. Angel Amilcar Colon Quevedo belongs to the Garifuna community, descended from African slaves and indigenous groups. He was picked up in…

  • A Rising Voice: Afro-Latin Americans Miami Herald 2007-06-10 through 2007-06-24 In this series, the black experience is unveiled through a journey: to Nicaragua, where a quiet but powerful civil and cultural rights movement flickers while in neighboring Honduras, the black Garffuna community fights for cultural survival; to the Dominican Republic where African lineage is not…

  • Boa Aparência (Good Appearance): How Colorism Plays Out in Latin America 50shadesofblack.com | Fueling Conversation 2012-10-08 Dash Harris In.a.Dash.Media “Go to the banks and you’ll see how racist, this country is.” This was a sentiment expressed ad nauseam in my interviews about how colorism drives societal treatment. Interviewees in every country I visited for the…

  • Hue & Phenotype: Colorism… Even More Complex 50shadesofblack.com | Fueling Conversation 2012-09-21 Dash Harris In.a.Dash.Media I have interviewed over 100 people for this docu-series and recently I’ve come across more and more interviewees who ask me about my background. I’ve had a handful of Caribbeans ask me if I were ‘dougla,’ a person of Indian…

  • American Identities: California Short Stories of Multiple Ancestries Xlibris Press 2008 263 Pages ISBN: 1-4363-7705-6 (Trade Paperback 6×9) ISBN13: 978-1-4363-7705-8 (Trade Paperback 6×9) Eliud Martínez, Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing and Comparative Literature University of California, Riverside In many parts of the country, especially in California, when one passes by a school or strolls across…