According to legend, Garifuna people settled in St. Vincent after the wreck of a slave ship. The survivors were members of the Ibibio people of Nigeria. They became known as Black Caribs. Later they identified themselves as Garifuna. The Garifuna people refused assimilation and revolted against the French in not one, but two Carib wars in St. Vincent. The British and the French exiled the Garifuna people to Roatan Honduras in 1797. They arrived in 1802 and spread along the coast of Central America as they settled in Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and Nicaragua. They were my ancestors. I am a first generation Garifuna-American and today I celebrate Garifuna Settlement Day. I take great pride in this because the Garifuna people are a spiritual people and I am grateful to have direct access to that culture, that history, and our practices. I recognize what a privilege it is to know who I am and where my ancestors came from. Whether your people are from a French colony, British colony, Spanish colony, or one of the many here in the US - never forget that access to our history was and still is the biggest threat to the White man. This is what drives me as Black service provider - I want to provide treatment and services to people who look like me. Black people. We have all the tools we ever needed. All we need is each other. 🖤🤍💛 #Garifuna #Garinagu #garifunasettlementday #settlementday #yuremi #diáspora #culture #history #roots #guatemala #honduras #belize #nicaragua #tonyrathphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CHx396GjhOm/?igshid=1n9rlt1d11y2l
