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My Garifuna -> Garifuna 101

GARIFUNA WAGIA!

11/02/04
By: Cheryl Noralez
We were exiled from our Homeland Yurumein and scattered around the Caribbean Sea,
No matter where you come from: Indurana, Wadimaluna, Balisina, Nigarawana, Merigana
Garifuna Wagia!
African descendants that were never enslaved,
A celebration of our freedom!
Recognize our diversity and our uniqueness,
Knowing who we are and never forgetting our ancestors.
Garifuna Wagia!
The combination of peace makers and warriors,
Is the ingredient of our Being.
Garifuna people have the heart and the peaceful soul of our Arawak ancestors,
We also possess the strength and courage of our Carib and African ancestors,
Garifuna Wagia!
We are people, who never lost our heritage,
We never lost our Mother’s tongue.
We never lost our Forefather’s traditions and beliefs.
We keep our Ancestors’ Spirits alive within us.
We are peaceful by nature,
But we will always remain warriors in defending who we are.
Garifuna Wagia!


A poem by Cheryl L. Noralez

If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact me at mamagapg@yahoo.com

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02/17/05 GARIFUNA ORIGINS PART 1: THE ARAWAK
01/28/05 GARIFUNA LIFE IN LOS ANGELES
01/14/05 HIV AND AIDS IN THE GARIFUNA COMMUNITY
01/12/05 ACCEPTING OUR DIFFERENCES
12/26/04 MY GREAT GARIFUNA FATHER
12/26/04 I AM A GARIFUNA CHILD
12/16/04 PRESERVING THE WANARAGUA TRADITION
12/09/04 RECLAIMING OUR HERITAGE
12/06/04 TEARS OF MY ANCESTORS
11/30/04 The Garinagu Presence in Central America
11/23/04 THE ESSENCE OF GARIFUNA
11/16/04 DID YOU KNOW Part 2
11/08/04 LOS ANGELES GARINAGU DIVIDED
11/04/04 HUDUTU THE FOOD OF SLUMBER!
11/01/04 SETTLEMENT DAY REMEMBRANCE
11/01/04 WHEN I DIE
10/31/04 Shall I Be A Garifuna Today or Shall I Not?
10/28/04 11 GARIFUNA FACTS THAT YOU DID NOT KNOW
10/28/04 The Garifuna Mis-education of the Web






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