Tomas Alberto Avila

Random Garifunas Biographies: Garifunas You May Not Know (Volume 1) Tomas Alberto Avila

Random Garifunas Biographies; Garifunas You May Not Know is a compilation of Garifunas throughout the globe recollected through Internet research. A project with the mission of capturing and documenting our contributions to the global society, our local communities and humanity as part of UNESCO recognizing the Garifuna Culture as a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity. This designation means that it is an important culture that should be preserved, promoted, and celebrated, and as such Milenio Publishing is embarking on a multi volume biographical documentation of Garifunas at all social levels. Throughout these pages you will read about the Great Carib (Garifuna) Chief, Chatoyer, was declared first National Hero of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the day made a national holiday, William Henry Brown who he drawing on his own personal experience of the 1795 black Caribs' insurrection on the island of St Vincent, when he staged a sketch that dealt with slavery, and in 1823 produced his own play, The Drama of King Shotaway the first play known to have been written by an African American in the United States.