Along the Caribbean coast of Central America, where the sea meets the jungle and the mangroves, a culture has managed to endure despite centuries of deportation and colonization: the Garifuna people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its history began to take shape in the 17th century in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Vincent, where an Afro-Indigenous society gradually emerged from the encounter between African populations and Carib <\/em>and Arawak <\/em>peoples. A society that continues today to assert itself through its language, music, cuisine, and strong community life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The name Garifuna <\/strong>comes from Karifuna (\u201ccassava eaters\u201d)<\/em>, a term used by the inhabitants of the island of Saint Vincent<\/strong>, in the Lesser Antilles, between Saint Lucia<\/strong> and Grenada<\/strong>. In the 17th century, following a shipwreck, a group of maroon Africans settled there and integrated with Arawak <\/em>and Carib <\/em>populations, giving rise to a new society with its own language and ways of life, outside the dominant slave system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nA journey marked by exile and resistance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n