Honduran Garinagu Links

ARTS:

Painting:
About Face Kristina Stevens.

Dance and Theatre:
Easter means processions and dancing in Garífuna communities (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week, 4/98.
Grupo garífuna, "Corazón de la tierra," participa en festival de cultura caribeña en Mexico (Spanish). La Prensa, 14/11/97.
Juego de tiras Moros y Cristianos (Spanish). Tomas Alberto Avila, Garífuna World.

Music:
Garífuna World Music Shop, Garífuna World.
Music Information Center, Garífuna World.
Popular punta music readily available at record shops. Wendy Griffin. Honduras this Week, 10/98.
Outta griga dang (Punta goes global), Barbara Noralez. Garífuna World.

Cultural Preservation:
Artist helps Garífuna youth through dance (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week, 3/2/98.
Barauda brings traditional Garífuna dances to Teguz (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week, 3/16/98.
Coastal parks threatened by commercial fishing. Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week. The impact of commercial fishing on Garífuna ceremonial fisherman.
Garífuna museum and cultural center opens in Tela. (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week, 10/16/96.
In Honduras, the Garífuna culture fights for survival. Gerry Volgenau. Seattle Times Company, 3/29/98.
La dominacion cultural y el subdesarrollo (spanish). Jose Franscisco Avila. Garífuna World.
In Honduras, the Garífuna culture fights for survival. Gerry Volgenau. Seattle Times Company, 3/29/98.
Garinagu Future. Garifuna World.
La dominacion cultural y el subdesarrollo(Spanish). Jose Franscisco Avila. Garífuna World.

Language and Education Problems:
Agreements have not been reached on spelling rules, say Garífuna (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras this Week, 3/30/98.
Ethnicity, oral tradition, and the processed word: construction of a national identity in Honduras. Linda Craft, Northwestern University, LANIC.
Garifuna say no progress has been made in bilingual-intercultural education (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week, 9/1/97.
Language policy statement of the Garífuna nation. Garífuna World. (Includes links to orthography agreement, oral tradition, bicentennial literature, and other articles).
Regional differences hold up creation of Garífuna alphabet (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras this Week, 3/30/98.


CUSTOMS:

Casave:
Garífuna women cassava bread baking in village of Barranco, Belize. Garífuna World.
Unusual root crops produce seldom tried Honduran dishes. Wendy Griffin. Honduras this Week, 10/23/98.

Food:
Coconuts can be good medicine (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week, 2/2/98.
Coconuts play central role in North Coast cultures (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week, 2/2/98.
Honduran Cuisine
Prepare your own 'encurtido' at home (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week, 3/16/98.

Fiestas:
Garífuna bicentennial celebrations fill coast with rhythm and color, Wendy Griffin. Honduras this Week, 5/19/97.
From January to December, enjoy colorful Garífuna fairs, Wendy Griffin. Honduras this Week, 12/7/98.

Way of Life:
Garinagu Life in Central America. Garífuna World.
Carib Customs, Garífuna World.
Garinagu Life Overseas. Garífuna World.
Nosotros los Garinagu. Jose Francisco Avila. Garífuna World.


HISTORY:
Black Karibs of Honduras. Pamela Burke. College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland.
Black Karib. Ethnologue Database. Garífuna World.
Garinagu recent history. Garífuna World.
Garinagu early history. Garífuna World.
Independence and the minorities of Honduras. Wendy Griffin, Honduras this Week.
Los fuertes lazos ancestrales (Spanish). Jacqueline Wiora Sletto. Garífuna World.
Origen de la poblacion de Honduras. Garífuna World.


RITUAL:
Dugu. Sebastian Cayetano and Fabian Cayetano. Garífuna World.
Spirits haunt road to Flowers Bay, and maybe coconut trees, too (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week, 9/21/96.

STRUGGLES:

Banana Conflict:
Asesinado en Honduras dirigente que denunció a empresas bananeras norteamericanas. (Spanish). La Prensa, 12/5/98.
Banana Action Net: worldwide campaign for the respect of labor rights on banana plantations; Mitch; current labor conflicts.
Banana Ecolabeling Program is World's Largest. Rainforest Action Alliance.
Bananas have strong impact on North Coast cuisines (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week, 7/20/98.
Chiquita Homepage
Chiquita Brand solicita suspensión laboral de más de dos mil empleados. La Prensa, 11/5/99.
Compañía bananera Chiquita Brand niega uso de pesticidas prohibidos. La Prensa, 15/5/98.
Del Monte Homepage
Dole Food Company Homepage
Denuncian a bananera de EE.UU. por promover presunta corrupción en Honduras. La Prensa, 12/10/ 97.
During rebuilding, Chiquita strives for eco-friendly bananas (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week, 7/99.
Gobierno suprimirá impuesto a la exportación de banano para "incentivar" a transnacionales. La Prensa, 10/4/97.
Libre norteamericano procesado por alemán en caso 'guerra del banano'. La Prensa, 12/6/96.
Pesticide Related Deaths Under. Juan Ramon Duran. Inter Press Service, 2/26/98.
The Banana Chain: The macro economics of the Banana Trade. Adelien van de Kasteele on behalf of IUF Amsterdam, International Banana Conference Document. February 1998.
Sindicatos bananeros amenazan con ocupar fincas que no se rehabiliten, La Prensa, 16/1/99.
Sindicatos denuncian que Chiquita Brands viola derechos humanos. La Prensa, 30/1/99.
The Better Banana Project. Rainforest Action Alliance.
The Environmental Impact of the Banana Industry: A Case Study of Costa Rica. Yamileth Astorga. International Banana Conference Document.

Land Rights:
A new dawn in Limon: the history and goals of "El Movimiento Negro Iseri Lidawamari," Sarah England, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis. Garífuna World.
Amenazan garífunas: Tambores de guerra sonarán en la capital si reforman artículo 107 constitucional (Spanish). La Prensa, 6/7/98.
Las reformas al Artículo 107 (Spanish). Pedro A. Brizuela. La Prensa, 14/7/98.
Siguen las amenazas de las etnias (Spanish). La Prensa, 26/1/99.
Unusual Map Helps Indians of Honduras Push for Land Rights. Lisa Swenarski de Herrera. Tropical Conservation Newsbureau.

Language and Education:
Agreements have not been reached on spelling rules, say Garífuna. Wendy Griffin. Honduras this Week, 3/30/98.
Ethnicity, oral tradition, and the processed word: construction of a national identity in Honduras. Linda Craft. Northwestern University, LANIC.
Garifuna say no progress has been made in bilingual-intercultural education (scroll down). Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week, 9/1/97.
Language policy statement of the Garífuna nation. Garífuna World. (Includes links to orthography agreement, oral tradition, bicentennial literature, and other articles).
Regional differences hold up creation of Garífuna alphabet. Wendy Griffin. Honduras this Week, 3/30/98.

Lobster Diving:
En riesgo exportaciones marinas a Estados Unidos por falta de protección a buzos. La Prensa, 4/9/98.
Honduras toma medidas para evitar muerte de pescadores artesanales. La Prensa, 19/9/98.
Mosquitia's Zona Recuperada faces hard times ahead. Wendy Griffin. Honduras This Week, 3/98.
Un millar de indígenas misquitos postrados por bucear. La Prensa, 9/6/97.


OTHER:

Indigenous and Ethnic Studies
Indigenous Peoples Latin American Resources. LANIC. University of Texas at Austin.
The African Diaspora. LANIC. University of Texas at Austin.
The Fourth World Documentation Project North, South and Central American Documents. The Center For World Indigenous Studies (CWIS).
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Indigenous Studies. The Center For World Indigenous Studies (CWIS).

Media Resources:
Current events and news in Honduras this week. Weekly news reports and more. Honduras.com.
Diario La Prensa. Daily Honduran newspaper (Spanish). Contains archive of past editions and search engine.
Diario Tiempo. Daily Honduran newspaper (Spanish). Archive and search engine (only by date, not subject listing).
Honduras This Week. Weekly Honduran newspaper (English). Archive and search engine.
La Tribuna. Daily Honduran newspaper (Spanish). Archive and search engine (only by date, not subject listing).


Credit: K.Stevens, Stanford Center for Latin American Studies, 4/14/00.