Based on the venerable patterns of Cuban popular music, it’s also informed by a sensibility that’s distinctly Puerto Rican. The sound grew in ambition, transitioning from the boogaloo fad of ...

As Afro-Cuban rebel leader Antonio Maceo gained popularity among Cuban blacks, many Cuban white nationalists worried about the consequences of a racial rebellion and socio-economic revolution.

He is the author of Diago: The Pasts of this Afro-Cuban Present (2018), Havana and the Atlantic in the Sixteenth Century (2008), and A Nation for All: Race, Inequality, and Politics in ...

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“Maybe one of the most important lessons Cuba can teach a visiting child from the United States is the same lesson it can teach adults: the richness of Afro-Cuban culture. In Cuba one quickly ...

Michaela Moua is one of them. Born to a Finnish mother and Ivorian father, she is one of five Afro-Finns behind Finland's only annual event dedicated to afro hair, the Good Hair Day. Mirna ...

Cuban pianist, composer and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz, as well as a Detroit favorite who headlined the 2022 Detroit Jazz Festival as artist ...

United States currency today shows an extremely limited sample of the American people ... played a major role in developing the new sound of the genre. Drawing on her Afro-Cuban heritage to shape and ...

The energy agency said it was working to restore power. Cuban officials said that the blackout, which started late Thursday, saw 1.64 gigawatts go offline during peak hours in the early evening ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...

Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish. The survey combines a random sample of registered voters drawn from state ...

In a 2017 Q&A with Oxford Union students, Mark Cuban opened up about one of his biggest regrets on Shark Tank – and he didn't hold back. When asked about his commitment to the companies he ...