The Garifuna Collective has been a driving force in bringing the rich cultural heritage and music of the Garifuna people to a global audience for the last 20 years. Hailing from Belize in Central America, The Garifuna Collective has had a lasting impact in the Garifuna community and on the World Music stage.
The Collective has performed in over 30 countries in 5 continents and has been part of the most celebrated Garifuna albums of all time, including the critically acclaimed Wátina, recipient of the Womex and BBC World Music Award and voted by Amazon as the Number One World Music Album of All Time.
For their 20th anniversary, The Garifuna Collective embarks on a world tour to celebrate their rich mucial heritage and their continuing role in elevating Garifuna culture worldwide. They will share the powerful stories of resillience, pride and unity through their music. The band's energetic and evocative live shows draw from their extensive repetoire, mixing traditional Garifuna rhythms with cpntemporary World Music grooves. Bring your dancing shoes:-)
The Garifuna people, also known as Garinagu, are descendants of Afro-indigenous people from the Caribbean island of St Vincent who were exiled to Central America by the British in the 18th century. Garifuna culture was forged when slave ships carrying captured Africans wrecked off the coast of St Vincent in the 1600s. The survivors swam ashore, mixed with the island's indigenous Arawak population and created a unique, resilient culture of free people that resisted European colonial powers for over 100 years. Their defiant culture persists to this day, in communities in Honduras, Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua, where their distinctive language, customs and music are preserved and continue to evolve.