Africans descendants survive only in pockets along the island's coastal regions of Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Negambo, according to Census Department

The African-Sri Lankans are known as "Kaffirs" but not in an insulting waySIRAMBIADIYA, Sri Lanka — In a village deep in west Sri Lanka, one of the island's few remaining communities of African descent breaks into song -- a poignant elegy to a disappearing culture.The music starts with a slow, gentle rhythm played on a tambourine, spoons and coconut shells, before it builds to a climax with