About this Event
In honor of Garifuna Heritage Month (March 11-April 12), join us for a two-day symposium honoring Garifuna Intellectual history. Black and Indigenous Feminist Future Institute Postdoctoral- Fellow Dr. Daisy E. Guzman Nunez. With Special guests from Livingston (Labuga) and New York City, this Garifuna delegation will address the past, present, and future of Garifuna belonging across the diaspora. Through performance, conversation, and food, they recreate the Garifuna interior as an intergenerational, matrilineal space that calls to the ancestors regardless of borders.
Friday, March 28th 4:00-8:00 pm
Brooks Hall, The University of Virginia
Garifuna Women Symposium- Presentations by Gloria Nunez, Ingrid Gamboa, and Berta Englenton
Saturday, March 29th 4:00-8:00 pm
Jefferson School
Garifuna Guatemalan Women from New York Roundtable
with Performances by
Wabafu Garifuna Dance Theater and Lanigu Nati Goyu
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, 233 4th Street Northwest, Charlottesville, United States
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