The Musical Glow of the Garifuna People

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Heard On The Odyssey Series

The Garifuna People, descendants of West African, Central African, the Caribbean, and the Arawak people, represent a group of shipwrecked enslaved Africans who intermarried with locals on the island known today as St. Vincent. In time the Garifuna people would be deported to the Central American coast in the late eighteenth century…

Episode Credits

  • Dr. Jonathan Øverby Host
  • Dr. Jonathan Øverby Producer
  • Joe Hardtke Technical Director

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