Keeping Garifuna in the Bronx

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 27, 2017

The month of March marks 220 years since the Garifuna people were exiled from St. Vincent and resettled in Central and Northern America. The South Bronx is now home to the largest community outside of the Caribbean, with more than 100,000 Garifuna people. Pablo Blanco, community organizer, discusses Garifuna history and culture.

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

WNYC Homepage - Top Stories

Composting Under the Mamdani Administration

Gregory Anderson talks about the sanitation department's work in enforcing the composting laws.

The Brian Lehrer Show |

Trump's Refugee Program Is Reserved for Whites Only

10,000 new spots for Afrikaners

On the Media |

Queens body shop owner uses illegal tow truck scheme to flaunt wealthy 'f---ing life'

David Borukhov recruits tow truck drivers on Instagram, pitching the line of work as a way to get rich quick.

Gothamist |

Mayor Mamdani to appear on WNYC’s ‘Ask the Mayor' with Brian Lehrer

The mayor will join the show for quarterly interviews beginning Tuesday, June 2.