African descendant community in Honduras, known as “Garifunas” commemorated 224 years of being a part of Honduras’ population.
In 1797, initial African settlers landed on the Honduran Caribbean coast. They came from the islands of Saint Vincent and Grenadines.
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The descendants comprise one of the largest ethnic groups along the Honduran coast with some 300,000 inhabitants distributed in 47 communities.