Bomba

Loíza and the Bomba: Puerto Rico's African Heart

The town with the island's deepest African roots, and the cradle of bomba

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Bomba Rhythms Sica, Yuba, and Holandés

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Afro‑Puerto Rican Roots and the Plantation Economy

Origins of Bomba within the Atlantic Slave System

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Bomba in Loiza, Ponce, and Santurce

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Los Hermanos Ayala: Keepers of Loíza's Bomba

Founded by Castor Ayala in 1959, the family that carried the bomba of Loíza to the world

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Modesto Cepeda: Teaching Bomba and Plena to a New Generation

Son of the patriarch Rafael Cepeda, he opened the island's first bomba-and-plena school

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Rafael Cepeda: Patriarch of Bomba and Plena

The Cepeda family elder who safeguarded Afro-Puerto Rican music for generations

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Sica within Puerto Rican Bomba: Rhythm, Pedagogy, and Diaspora

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The Rhythms of Bomba: Sicá, Yubá, and Holandés

More than sixteen styles, built on three core rhythms

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