This Month-long Initiative, continues the Mission of getting more People learning to speak the Garifuna Language
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Nicaragua, Central America — The Garifuna Youth Music Initiative (GYMI) recently announced that it has launched The Nicaragua 2025 Workshop.
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Led by esteemed Garifuna Music Artist, Activist and Educator, Mr. James Lovell, this Month-long Initiative began on May 6th 2025, and is being held in the Garifuna Town of Orinoco and the Nicaraguan city of Bluefields on Nicaragua’s South Caribbean Coast.
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The Workshop began with a visit to the Normal Higher Education School in Bluefields, Nicaragua.
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There, Mr. James Lovell interacted with first year Baccalaureate and Technical Higher students in Intercultural Education.
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Within three days, students began singing Nursery Rhymes in the Garifuna Language and exchanging greetings in the Garifuna Language.
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Garifuna Version of the Are You Sleeping Nursery Rhyme
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“I am thrilled by the student’s energy and their eagerness to connect with their Garifuna Heritage through Music,” said Mr. James Lovell. “I feel blessed to be here, passing on this knowledge to future generations. It brings me joy to know that our Language, and the story of Garifuna Resilience., will not be forgotten. I hope my presence here inspires pride in Being Garifuna.” — Mr. James Lovell.
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Garifuna Version of Kumbaya Song
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The Initiative, supported by noted Nicaragua Garifuna Activist and Businesswoman in Orinoco, Mrs. Kensy Eloisa Sambola Solis, aims to strengthen cultural identity through creative, dynamic training that includes music, language immersion, games and storytelling.
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Mrs. Kensy Sambola Solis was quoted in a recent news article about the Initiative. She explained,
“It is vital that our new generations know and appropriate their mother tongue, because language is the soul of a people. This training does not only teach words or phrases, it fosters ethnic pride, rescues ancestral memory, and keeps alive a cultural heritage that has withstood marginalization for centuries.” — Mrs. Kensy Sambola Solis
Noti Dos Bluefields Facebook Page
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There have been various Initiatives to teach the Garifuna Language in Nicaragua, where very few, relatively speaking, speak the Garifuna Language. Time will tell how much of an impact this Initiative will have.