I saw this in another group, a Puerto Rican group, and I will be honest I was actually surprised by their awareness of African contribution to Puerto Rican culture. Afro-Boricua History. The slave trade did not reach the island until 1519. The slaves were brought in to work the sugar cane fields. Between the years 1530 and 1540, the slave population reached its highest level, with slaves surpassing Spaniards 5 to 1. Slavery was abolished on March 22, 1873.The African imprint in Puerto Rican culture is apparent in many ways: foods such as gandules, cocos, bacalao, yames, funche, plátanos and pasteles; music such as bomba and plena; and in our vocabulary with words like borundanga, and fufú. The most distinct African cultural influence comes from the Yoruba tribes in Africa. Our music and dance are finely seasoned with sabor Africano. Part of the undisputed African legacy on the Puerto Rican culture includes a peculiar speech pattern. The West Africans brought to the island spoke bozal Spanish, a mixture of Portuguese, Spanish, and Congo - much like the poem excerpt on this page. Many Puerto Ricans have the habit of swallowing the s, and often pronounce the r as an l. This is because in the African tongue there is no s or r sound. Puerto Ricos negroid poems written by Luis Pales Matos and Fernando Fortunato Vizcarondo and others record Puerto Ricos Afro-heritage.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:18:06 +0000
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