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Music of African heritage in Cuba, the Glossary

Music of African heritage in Cuba derives from the musical traditions of the many ethnic groups from different parts of West and Central Africa that were brought to Cuba as slaves between the 16th and 19th centuries.^[1]

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Afro-Cuban culture
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Abakuá

Abakuá, also sometimes known as Ñañiguismo, is a Cuban initiatory religious fraternity founded in 1836. Music of African heritage in Cuba and Abakuá are Afro-Cuban culture.

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Abolitionism

Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world.

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Abwe

An abwe or chekeré is a Cuban musical ensemble that uses gourds.

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Afro-Cubans

Afro-Cubans (Afrocubano) or Black Cubans are Cubans of full or partial sub-Saharan African ancestry.

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Batá drum

The Batá drum is a double-headed hourglass drum with one end larger than the other.

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Benin

Benin (Bénin, Benɛ, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin), and also known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.

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Bight of Biafra

The Bight of Biafra, also known as the Bight of Bonny, is a bight off the west-central African coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea.

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Cabildo (Cuba)

Cabildos de nación were African ethnic associations created in Cuba in the late 16th century based on the Spanish cofradías (guilds or fraternities) that were organized in Seville for the first time around the 14th century. Music of African heritage in Cuba and Cabildo (Cuba) are Afro-Cuban culture.

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Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa.

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Capoeira

Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and game that includes elements of dance, acrobatics, music and spirituality.

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Carabalí

Carabalí is an Afro-Colombian surname.

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Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast and officially known as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.

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Central Africa

Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions.

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Congo Basin

The Congo Basin (Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River.

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Dahomey

The Kingdom of Dahomey was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904.

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Fernando Ortiz Fernández

Fernando Ortiz Fernández (16 July 1881 – 10 April 1969) was a Cuban essayist, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist and scholar of Afro-Cuban culture.

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Fon people

The Fon people, also called Dahomeans, Fon nu or Agadja are a Gbe ethnic group.

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Gourd

Gourds include the fruits of some flowering plant species in the family Cucurbitaceae, particularly Cucurbita and Lagenaria.

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Haiti

Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas.

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Haitian Vodou

Haitian Vodou is an African diasporic religion that developed in Haiti between the 16th and 19th centuries.

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Human sacrifice

Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is usually intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, public or jurisdictional demands for justice by capital punishment, an authoritative/priestly figure or spirits of dead ancestors or as a retainer sacrifice, wherein a monarch's servants are killed in order for them to continue to serve their master in the next life.

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Igbo people

The Igbo people (also spelled Ibo" and historically also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, / / Eboans, Heebo; natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò) are an ethnic group in Nigeria.

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Ijaw people

The Ijaw people, otherwise known as the Ijo people, are an ethnic group found in the Niger Delta in Nigeria, with significant population clusters in Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers.

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Juego de maní

Juego de maní ('game of war') often simply called maní or mani, sometimes referred to as baile de maní ('dance of war') or bambosa, is a stick-fighting martial art and dance that was developed in Cuba by African slaves.

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Kalabari tribe

The Kalabari are a sub-group of the Ijaw people living in the eastern Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

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Kongo people

The Kongo people (Bisi Kongo., EsiKongo, singular: Musi Kongo; also Bakongo, singular: Mukongo or M'kongo) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined as the speakers of Kikongo.

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Lázaro Ros

Lázaro Ros (May 11, 1925 – February 8, 2005) was an Afro-Cuban singer.

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Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.

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Lydia Cabrera

Lydia Cabrera (May 20, 1899, in Havana, Cuba – September 19, 1991, in Miami, Florida) was a Cuban independent ethnographer, writer, and literary activist.

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Makuta (drum)

Makuta drums are tall cylindrical or barrel-shaped Afro-Cuban drums, often cited as an important influence on the development of the tumbadora or conga drum.

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Mandinka people

The Mandinka or Malinke are a West African ethnic group primarily found in southern Mali, The Gambia, southern Senegal and eastern Guinea.

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Mezcla

Mezcla is a music group from Cuba.

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Monarchy of Spain

The monarchy of Spain or Spanish monarchy (Monarquía Española) is the constitutional form of government of Spain.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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Oriente Province

Oriente ("East") was the easternmost province of Cuba until 1976.

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Orisha

Orishas (singular: orisha) are divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba religion of West Africa and several religions of the African diaspora that derive from it, such as Haitian Vaudou, Cuban, Dominican and Puerto Rican Santería and Brazilian Candomblé. Music of African heritage in Cuba and orisha are Afro-Cuban culture.

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Oyo Empire

The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba empire in West Africa.

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Palo (religion)

Palo, also known as Las Reglas de Congo, is an African diasporic religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th or early 20th century. Music of African heritage in Cuba and Palo (religion) are Afro-Cuban culture.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.

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Polyrhythm

Polyrhythm is the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Santería

Santería, also known as Regla de Ocha, Regla Lucumí, or Lucumí, is an Afro-Caribbean religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th century. Music of African heritage in Cuba and Santería are Afro-Cuban culture.

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Senegal

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.

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Slavery

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.

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Slavery in Cuba

Slavery in Cuba was a portion of the larger Atlantic Slave Trade that primarily supported Spanish plantation owners engaged in the sugarcane trade.

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Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.

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The Gambia

The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa.

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Traditional African religions

The beliefs and practices of African people are highly diverse, including various ethnic religions.

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West Africa

West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_African_heritage_in_Cuba

Also known as Afro-Cuban Music.

, Yoruba religion, Yuka (music), Zouk.

Music of African heritage in Cuba, the Glossary

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Afro-Cuban culture

Cuban styles of music

Music of Cuba

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