Summary
On the Black Studies Across the Americas: The Garifuna Podcast, Mora delves into the migration of the Garifuna into Belize, the colonization of the once British Honduras, and the notoriety of Garifuna Belizean musician Andy Palacio.
Kai Mora is a student historian specializing in medieval African history, mainly focusing on the impact of Islamic expansion and religious and cultural exchange between the present-day Middle East and North Africa in the early modern period. A graduate student at City College majoring in history, in 2022, Mora became the first-place winner of the CUNY Ethics and Morality Contest. Mora is also the founder of The Fanonian, a website dedicated to her research on the intersection of culture, spirituality, and intellectual thought in the Pan-African world.
Mora’s ethnic background is Belizean, stemming from her paternal side. Her scholarship in African diasporic studies includes the Afro-indigenous nations of the Central American Caribbean coast, including the Garifuna, who Mora states are among the most compelling features of Belize. On the Black Studies Across the Americas: The Garifuna Podcast, Mora delves into the migration of the Garifuna into Belize, the colonization of the once British Honduras, and the notoriety of Garifuna Belizean musician Andy Palacio.
