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Watch Unified Seed in Entertainment Videos | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.comHey yall can contact us at [email protected] and history of GarifunaTraditional Garifuna communities are mainly found along the Caribbean
Coast
of Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua. Out of an estimated 500,000 Garinagu
world-wide, there are today about 15,000 Garinagu in Belize (about 7 %
of
the total population). In Guatemala there are an estimated 4,000
Garinagu
and in Honduras the population is around 300,000. Garifuna communites
are
also found in the USA in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and New
Orleans.
Garinagu (plural of Garifuna) or Black Caribs, are descendants of two
ethnic
groups, Carib Indians and Black Africans, that lived on the island of
St.
Vincent.
Arawak Indians, also called Yurumei, the original inhabitants of St.
Vincent, were invaded and conquered by Kalipuna (Carib) Indians, a
tribe
from mainland South America. The Arawak men were killed and the
warriors
took the women as wives and the Carib Indians originated as a mixture
of
these people.
Around 1635 two Spanish ships carrying Black Africans destined for
slavery,
to the West Indies shipwrecked near St. Vincent. Survivors escaped and
swam
ashore to St. Vincent where they settled and lived amongst the Carib
Indians.
Over the next 150 years, the two groups intermixed and the Garifuna
ethnic
group also called Black Caribs was formed. By 1750 the Black Caribs
were the
dominant population of St. Vincent and quite prosperous. French
settlers
lived on the island as well.
The Black Carib men hunted and fished while the women did most of the
farming. The Black Caribs also traded with nearby islands: tobacco and
baskets for arms and European manufactured goods. In 1763 the British
invaded the island trying to take over land from the Black Caribs to
plant
sugarcane. This struggle for land resulted in the Black Caribs trying
to
establish independence and control of the island. They were supported
by the
French with whom they did considerable trading and many years of
battles
between the Caribs and the British ensued.
http://www.ngcbelize.org/content/view/9/135/The movement begins first for the love of Hip Hop. That love mixed
with our
love and pride of our culture motivated our version of the music.In a sense we are the perfect ambassadorsOne half of the Unified Seed was born in Brooklyn, New York; the other
half
was born in San Pedro Sula Honduras to be exact.This fact is what makes these dudes authentic.If Hip Hop was born in New York City, why wouldn't Latin hip hop also
had
been born there? Makes sense, Don't it? Not to mention our look.
Black
Spanish dudes that speak Spanish despite where we come from, they get
what
we're speaking about and understand it.Our sound is universal. The look and sound will sell themselves.We still grinding, still working, and soon it'll pay off.Group Members:Bungo; M.C/ Writer- born in Brooklyn, N.YNicko; singer/M.C, Sampo, Honduras
