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Forward The information for this booklet comes from several telephone calls I received about the Garifuna--their history, culture, current social conditions etc. It happens every year especially around the nineteenth ofNovember Garifuna settlement Day.
uestions come from students,
teachers, media
personnel,members of the public, etc.
is an increasing thirst
While there
for information there is
hardly any easily available and quickly read material
that could serve as reference. I truly hope that it
could be this booklet. with a clar conscience I can direct inquiring minds to thís booklet. I have tried to strike a balance between a scholarly product and a popular brochure format.
I
have left out references with the exception of some main bibliographic leads in the back. WhereasI have
tried to impart information that I have collected
from several sources over the years, implanted
my
OWn
perspective,
I have also
which
remains
sympathetic to the Garifuna while being aware that
there is so much nore work that has to be done. Research information about the Garifuna increases as
scholars strive to nd the key to these,truly As a rebult, what is fact todaY enigmatic people.
may change from new research tomorrow.
Be that as it ay, I haveput together bits of
information that have remained part of conventional
wisdom and would probably remain so for years. knows?
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