The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...
Revista Étnica in Puerto Rico is dedicated to amplifying voices and stories of Afro-Latinx people across identity, intersectionality and generation ...
Michelle Colón is making history as the first Afro-Latina crowned Miss Universe Puerto Rico. The 21-year-old pre-med student will be the first Afro-Latina to represent that Caribbean island in ...
About a quarter century after slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico (1873), another Afro-Puerto Rican genre emerged known as the plena. Unlike traditional bomba, plena usually includes vocals (as ...
Loíza is the area of Puerto Rico where many of the Afro-Caribbean population live and have art studios open to the public where people can learn about their culture. Bomba is an ancestral dance ...