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Colonialism did the wicked work of stripping us of our language then forcing their own on us. The fact that i was made to learn two colonisers& #39; languages in school (HAD pass dem to graduate) and not my own is testament to the education system& #39;s complicity with colonialism tings.
Here are some Garifuna language resources i have found online and which i use and have been very helpful.
@GarifunaMarket Garifuna "word of the day". Trust me at year& #39;s end you have over 300+ new words. A golden resource. Thanks so much! The Garifuna Market has a store, pls purchase and support so that this amazing work can continue.
@RoatansFinest started an amazing space during during the quarantine in her instagram stories. Thanks to her i was able to hear and practise and even say greetings, introductions and other important stuff like "i love you" in Garifuna. She has merch you can buy also.
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Ruben Reyes& #39; Garifuna Institute, "Your online source to master the Garifuna Language" http://www.garifunainstitute.com/index.php?module=garifuna_dictionary&node=garifuna_dictionary_front&action=search">https://www.garifunainstitute.com/index.php...
You can purchase his trilingual (Garifuna English Spanish) dictionary here http://www.garistore.com/index.php?module=webstore_biz&node=wbiz_front&action=get_product&category_id&item_id=1639&start=1&parent_id&parent_name&parent_code">https://www.garistore.com/index.php...
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Ámuñegü by Andy Palacio (1960-2008) from his award winning album Watina. He asked about the survival of the Garifuna culture. i found a clip which has the translation to english by Patino Martinez https://youtu.be/XnjmO0QuPTg ">https://youtu.be/XnjmO0QuP...
Please add Garifuna language resources to this thread. The decolonisation process, i believe, includes abandoning colonial languages and their intrinsic violence. Colonial languages all have discrimination deeply woven into their fibres.
i remember the first time i heard "trabajando como negra para vivir como blanca" as a regular and common and even inoffensive thing to say, even to me, as a negra myself.
in english, black is still tied to negative, that we have to tell you all that Black is Beautiful/Intelligent/Good, and some still scoff like we are telling them some kind of fiction. The fact that even as Black ppl we have to constantly reaffirm what language tries to diminish
