🇵🇷 Puerto Rican music is more than sound — it’s history, identity, and survival. 🖤🥁✨ From bomba and plena to salsa and reggaetón, these genres carry the imprint of the African diaspora on the island. Bomba was created by enslaved Africans in Puerto Rico over four centuries ago — a powerful dialogue between drummer and dancer that became both resistance and release. Plena followed as the periódico cantado — the “sung newspaper” of the people — blending African percussion with storytelling roo

The banjo is rooted in African diasporic traditions—down to its very shape.⁠ Uncover the spiritual and historic roots of this iconic instrument in The Banjo: Music, History, and Heritage with me - and special guests like scholars Greg Adams, Kristina Gaddy and Pete Ross! Available now from Wondrium. https://bit.ly/RGwondrium | Rhiannon Giddens

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