Attempts to understand what the presence of Black music means in the absence of Black people. Is this an expression of a global circulation of Afro-Caribbean cultural trends as symbols of belonging and difference among urban youngsters? Does it take us back to the history of Quintana Roo as a Caribbean region and the Black Atlantic? Is it a form of revision of Mexican national ethnic mixture and inclusion of other population groups? Adapted from the source document.
Quito, Ecuador: Centro Cultural Afro-Ecuatoriano : Ed. Abya-Yala
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
76 p., Much attention has been given to the indigenous populations of Central America by historians and anthropologists, but nothing has been done regarding a very important segment of the population that is the African presence in Central America. This book examines the Garifuna in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Tegucigalpa: Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
351 p., Includes William V. Davidson's "Etnohistoria hondureña: la llegada de los garifunas a Honduras," "Geografía etno-histórica de los garifunas hondureños en la Laguna de Perlas, Nicaragua" and "Perdida definitiva de la costa? Abandono de las comunidades entre los garifunas hondureños."
