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Cafe International
Jan 7, 2024 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
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Join host Dan Rosenberg on a radio series featuring interviews with musicians from around the world, from Fatoumata Diawara to Goran Bregovic where we learn about folk music and its history
Tapers Section Ep 150 Jan 5 2023
On this week's episode of Cafe International, we will learn about preserving Garifuna history, culture and music from Emilio Thomas and Al Ovando – members of the Belizean group, THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE – and how until as recently as the 1990s, Garifuna children were discouraged from speaking their language in school. The Garifuna are descendants of escaped African slaves – in 1635, a slave ship crashed near the Caribbean Island of St Vincent. The survivors mixed with the local indigenous community – but in 1796, the British ethnically cleansed the island, deporting the population to Central America.
