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by Nicolas Rucks, 8 April 2000
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About 2 days ago on CNN I just saw a little report on the
Garifundio (or something quite similar, I couldnt write it down
at that moment) people. If I understood well, I didnīt see it
complete, they are descendents of africans brought to America.
Again, If I understood well, they live in Belize. Of course, the
interesting thing is that they have a flag. (from up to down):
equal stripes yellow, white, black. Proportions, as always in
moving flags, were a little difficult to tell, but it seemed to
me that the flag was not very "long" (as 1:2) I would
rather say it looked like 3:4.
Nicolas Rucks, 3 April 2000
It's 'Gari'funa' according to State of the Peoples', by Marc
S. Miller (ed), Boston, 1993 :
Gari'funa of Belize.
The Gari'funa, also known as Caribs or Black Caribs, are not
native to Central America but can be classified as an Indian
element on the basis of their genetic makeup and their use of a
language indigenous to the Americas. Of mixed African and Carib
Indian descent, the Gari'funa originated on St. Vincent Island in
the Lesser Antilles. Gari'funa were deported by the British to
Honduras in 1797 and reached B