Music
Percussion backbone of salsa music traces back to traditions from this continent.
What is Africa?
Hip-driven partner dance movements common in Caribbean styles trace back to this region.
What is West Africa?
This fruit, central to Caribbean and Latin dishes, was widely consumed in West Africa before colonization.
What is the plantain?
This protective hairstyle, sometimes labeled a “trend,” has roots in African identity and survival.
What are braids?
This term refers to people of African descent from Latin America and the Caribbean, bridging ethnic and racial identity.
What is Afro-Latino/Afro-Latinx?
This Afro-Puerto Rican music genre centers drums and dance.
What is bomba?
A music genre that is a mix of Afro-Cuban son, guaracha, cha cha chá, mambo, Puerto Rican plena and bomba (hint: last years BYE-LE theme)
What is salsa?
This is a type of grilled chicken that is marinated in a thick mixture of spices, including onions, peppers, cloves, and chiles.
What is Jerk Chicken?
Global shift of embracing natural hair influenced many Latinos to abandon this hair tool.
What are hair straighteners?
Roughly, how many people in the U.S identify as Afro-Latino?
6 million people
This Afro-Panamanian music genre heavily influenced early reggaetón.
What is reggae?
This genre of music, which originated in the Dominican Republic, developed from Indigenous, African, and Spanish music elements.
What is bachata?
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 term was a racially charger term in Latin America and the Caribbean used to disparage Afro-textured hair.
What is pelo malo?
In 2015, this country allowed people to identify as Black or Afro-Mexican for the first time.
What is Mexico?
This famous Afro-Cuban singer, also known as the queen of salsa, was known for her catch phrase, "¡Azúcar!"
Who is Celia Cruz?
Originally a drum-based dance originally called kandombé brought by enslaved Africans
What is tango?
This vegetable, common in Caribbean and Latin cuisine, originated in Africa.
What is okra?
This herb is often found in Afro-Latino hair products to stimulate scalp and improve circulation?
What is rosemary?
The annual Brazilian festival, heavily influenced by African traditions such as samba where people celebrate with vibrant parades, music, and dancing.
What is Carnival?
Features a lead vocalist alternating with a group (or chorus), prevalent in salsa, rumba, cumbia, and Afro-Peruvian huachihualo, creating, lively, collective, and conversational energy.
What is coro-pregón (call-and-response)?
A high-energy, rapid-movement dance that mimics a fish influenced Colombian traditions.
What is Mapalé?
This Puerto Rican dish is made of chicharrones and mashed, fried green plantains, seasoned with garlic.
What is mofongo?
This brand became the first Latina-owned curly hair care line sold in major U.S retailers.
What is Rizos Curls?
The Garifuna people, who have a rich Afro-Indigenous culture, primarily inhabit the coastal regions of these two countries in Central America.
What are Honduras and Belize?