In Puerto Rico, Protest Music Becomes Essential Part of a New Movement Against Corruption
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- Tuesday, 23 July 2019
In Puerto Rico, folk genres like bomba, sung and danced by enslaved Africans as a form of rebellion against slave-owners, and plena, a traditional musical styling impoverished jibaros sung to bring attention to their social ills, indicate that music has always been a part of the island’s centuries-long resistance movements.