Geography: Roatán is situated in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 65 kilometers (40 miles) off the northern coast of Honduras. The island is about 77 kilometers (48 miles) long and varies in ...
The Garifuna, a distinctive ethnic group, are the descendants of a fusion of Carib, African, and Arawak heritage. Their origin can be traced to the intermarriage of indigenous Amerindian inhabitants ...
The militarily superior British eventually overcame the Garinagu, and after the Garinagu leader, Joseph Chatoyer fell in battle, his people were rounded up and taken to Balliceaux, an island off the ...