Assignment:
1. Define how "Neo-African" relates to the "African Diaspora"? In supporting your essay, describe elements such as "call and response", "polyrhythms", etc. and giving two examples from colonial music traditions in Cuba.
2. How did the "African Diaspora" influence musical traditions in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean? Describe how "Salve" fits into this to support your opinion? Describe some instrumentation and its function in Dominican Republic.
3. Who is "Elena" in the "Plena" musical traditions of Puerto Rico? How is "Plena" different from "Bomba"? Describe some "Plena" and "Bomba" instrumentation and their function in Puerto Rico.
4. Looking at musical traditions (from Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico) in the USA (New York for example) how do these traditions sustain the influence from the "African Diaspora"? How does the meaning of the word (and music) "Salsa" reflects that influence? And what does "Nuyorican" mean?