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Discover the African roots of the popular traditional Bomba dance of Puerto Rico

2 years ago

During the 1500s, enslaved West Africans were sent to Puerto Rico by the Spaniards. By 1530, half of the Spanish territory’s population was from Africa. Over time, the number of West Africans enslaved on the island grew, with many working in sugar plantations amid the region’s indigenous Taino people. Along the way, Bomba was what...

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