Music and Dance in Latin America
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The African Roots of Cuban Music
United Nations, 2017
Clave: The African Roots of Salsa (article)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002


Vanderbilt University, Center for Latin American Studies, 2014

Merengue: Dominican Music and Dominican Identity (book excerpt)
Temple University Press, 1997

Primary Sources: Colombian Music
Colombia Country Brand, 2018
This source includes lots of videos of songs and performances and explains which kinds of music were influenced by African culture.


America's Cultural Roots Traced to Enslaved African Ancestors (article)
National Geographic, 2003

Origins of Latin Music (video)
Discovery Education, 1999

ThoughtCo, 2017

PBS, 1997

Folk and popular dances in Latin America (article) and another article on music here.
Encyclopedia Brittanica, 2017

Spanish Colonization Overview (Video)
Khan Academy

Museum of the African Diaspora




Primary Source: Capoeira Dance, Brazil (Painting)
Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora

Primary Source: Day of the Kings Festival, Cuba (Painting)
Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora