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Dionisia Amaya-Bonilla | |
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| Born | Dionisia Amaya February 8, 1933 La Ceiba, Honduras |
| Died | February 3, 2014 (aged 80) La Ceiba, Honduras]] |
| Other names | Mama Nicha Doña Nicha |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Garifuna community activist |
| Years active | 1974-2014 |
Dionisia Amaya-Bonilla, also known as Mama Nicha, (February 8, 1933 – February 3, 2014)[1] was a teacher and Honduran Garifuna community activist[2][3] who was the co-founder of Garifuna non-profit organization, MUGAMA, Inc., a support, education, and outreach organization that ran the Mugama Advocacy Center in Brooklyn, New York.[4]
- ^ "Dionisia Amaya - United States Public Records". FamilySearch. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Barkan, Elliott Robert; Hernández-Linares, Leticia (2001). "Amaya, Dionisia". Making It in America: A Sourcebook on Eminent Ethnic Americans. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-1-576-07098-7. OCLC 46343521. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "Overseas Garifunas visit ancestral home in St. Vincent". i-Witness News. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Behnken, Brian D.; Wendt, Simon; Garcia, Doris (2013). "Chapter 7: Transnational Ethnic Identities and Garinagu Political Organizations in the Diaspora by Doris Garcia". Crossing Boundaries Ethnicity, Race, and National Belonging in a Transnational World. Lanham: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-739-18131-7. OCLC 852158416.