Food
This is a large fruit, similar in appearance to a banana, which can be prepared fried or dried when ripened.
What is a Plantain?
A music style that blends reggae music with Latin American dance hall music as well as hip-hop influences.
What is Reggaetón?
This Cuban-born ‘Queen of Salsa’ was famous for hits like ‘La Vida Es Un Carnaval’ and her signature shout, ‘¡Azúcar!'
Celia Cruz
During this annual Brazilian festival, which is heavily influenced by African traditions, people celebrate with vibrant parades, music, and dancing. What is the name of this festival?
What is Carnival?
These two Black-majority countries share the island of Hispaniola?
What is Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
This Puerto Rican dish is made of mashed, fried green plantains seasoned with garlic.
What is Mofongo?
This lively Latin genre blends Afro-Caribbean rhythms with jazz influences and became popular in New York City in the 1970s
What is Salsa?
This legendary Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder from Puerto Rico was the first Latin American player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
Roberto Clemente
In 1791, a major slave revolt erupted in this French Caribbean colony, leading to the establishment of the first independent black republic in the Americas. What is the name of this republic?
What is Haiti?
This Latin American country has the largest population of Black people outside of Africa?
What is Brazil?
This dish’s name translates to “The Flag,” From the Dominican Republic, this consists of rice topped with seasoned kidney beans, sliced tomatoes, and a spiced side of meat.
What is La Bandera?
This Brazilian genre blends samba rhythms of Afro-Brazilian origin with jazz harmonies, creating a smooth, laid-back sound that gained global popularity in the 1950s.
Bossa Nova
This actress starred in ‘Avatar,’ ‘Guardians of the Galaxy,’ and is one of Hollywood’s most prominent Latina performers
Zoe Saldana
This Mexican independence leader became the country’s second president and is remembered for abolishing slavery in 1829. Has a state in southern Mexico named after him.
Vicente Guerrero
What is the capital city of the Dominican Republic, where Afro-Dominicans make up a significant portion of the population?
What is Santo Domingo?
This vibrant red beverage, made from dried hibiscus petals, is popular across Latin America and has roots in African traditions brought through the transatlantic diaspora.
Agua de Jamaica
This Latin genre originated in Colombia and blends Indigenous, African, and Spanish musical influences. Popular artists and groups in the genre include La Sonora Dinamita and Los Angeles Azules.
What is Cumbia?
This Puerto Rican artist helped shape reggaeton with socially conscious lyrics and hits such as "Pa' Que Retozen"
Tego Calderon
This Puerto Rican historian and writer became a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance and inspired the creation of a major New York research center dedicated to Black culture and history
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
What are the three Spanish-speaking territories in the Caribbean?
What Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic?