Garifunaidad has gained mainstream attention in the last several years as social media discourse on this vibrant, Afro-Indigenous community has made its way across timelines. With the language and ...

Those are the questions that Belizean singer-songwriter Andy Palacio hopes people will start asking their friends once they’ve finished listening to his latest album, the enchanting “Watina.” “Many ...

PUNTA GORDA, Honduras — When Reina Martinez speaks to her 14-year-old granddaughter, she uses Garifuna, the language of her youth in this colorful island village. But when Cassandra Ballesteros ...

The rhythm of the beating of handmade drums and singing in a hybrid language that blends French, English, Spanish and Arawak Indian can often be heard in Houston's Fifth Ward. Almost daily, Honduran ...

Andy Palacio expects to be stopped at customs. Since the release of his chart-topping album Wátina four months ago, he has put his country on the map with world music fans, but most immigration ...