Europe. Examples include rhumba, Afro-Cuban jazz, salsa, soukous, many West African re-adaptations of Afro-Cuban music (Orchestra Baobab, Africando), Spanish...

popular. After the Cuban Revolution separated Cuba from the U.S., son, mambo and rumba, along with other forms of Afro-Cuban music contributed to the...

demographic composition of the island. A study by the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami estimated the proportion...

Brazil and Jamaica, Cuban music represents a profound African musical heritage. Clearly, the origin of African groups in Cuba is due to the island's...

Cuban music. Cuban musicologist Mayra Martínez wrote that "the term salsa obscured the Cuban base, the music's history or part of its history in Cuba...

Rumba is a secular genre of Cuban music involving dance, percussion, and song. It originated in the northern regions of Cuba, mainly in urban Havana and...

of media by the Cuban authorities. However, some Cuban writers continue living and writing in Cuba, including Nancy Morejón. Cuban music is very rich and...

Afro-Cuban jazz is the earliest form of Latin jazz. It mixes Afro-Cuban clave-based rhythms with jazz harmonies and techniques of improvisation. Afro-Cuban...

Spanish. The larger Cuban diaspora includes individuals that trace ancestry to Cuba and self-identify as Cuban but are not necessarily Cuban by citizenship...

Vietnamese. In Cuba, the bolero was perhaps the first great Cuban musical and vocal synthesis to win universal recognition. In 2 4 time, this dance music spread...