Rapper Bad Bunny may have shone a light on Puerto Rico’s cultural riches recently, but the Caribbean island has long been a ...
“Bomba is not only a genre, it's kind of a lifestyle," one dancer said. As the nation commemorates Black History Month, Afro-Puerto Ricans are using their traditional dance and music -- Bomba -- to ...
Bomba is a genre that is deeply rooted in the African heritage of Puerto Ricans. Historians trace its origins back to the era of slavery on the island, particularly to the celebrations that plantation ...
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Dr. Bradford Bomba Sr., a former team physician for the Indiana men’s basketball team, gave sworn testimony via a deposition in the lawsuit filed against Indiana University by ...
First documented in the seventeenth century, Caribbean bomba emerged in the context of colonialism. Mariana Núñez Lozada Campo, yo vivo triste Cada día sufriendo más Ay Dio’ ¿qué será de mí? If you ...
On “Tierra,” one of the most arresting moments of Bomba Estereo’s new album Deja, vocalist Li Saumet offers a bleak list of crimes against the planet: “They took away the sea, sky, and wind,” she ...