Welcome to Hispanic Heritage Month, which in the US runs from September 15th to October 15th. On this blog it generally runs till October 31st. During this month (and a half) I try to do some posts having to do with Latin America, especially Latin Americans in the US.
Some post ideas (with the number of those requesting it):
- 3 Afro-Hispanics
- 3 Puerto Rico and race
- 2 Moors
- 2 Puerto Rico
- 2 El Salvador
- 2 Dominican Americans
- 2 Dum diversas
- 2 Cape Verde
- 2 Bolsonaro
- 2 Afro-Argentinians
- 1 citizenship fraud
- 1 chocolate
- 1 Steve Canals
- 1 Santeria
- 1 Sammy Sosa
- 1 Oscar Romero
- 1 Olmecs
- 1 Nestle
- 1 Mj Rodriguez
- 1 Maria of “Sesame Street”
- 1 Mexifornia
- 1 Mexican American deportations, 1848 to 2018
- 1 Mendez v Westminster
- 1 Mayans
- 1 Mayan calendar
- 1 Day of the Dead
- 1 Columbian Exchange
- 1 Coco
- 1 Caroline P Cook: Forbidden Passages
- 1 Bartolome de Las Casas
Musical suggestions:
- 2 Hector Lavoe: Aquanile
- 2 Celia Cruz
- 1 Hector Lavoe: Todo Tiene Su Final
- 1 Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz: Lo Atara La Arache
- You might also like Gabriel Palatchi, Pistolera, San Lazaro (band of South American immigrants in Australia on HopeStreet Records), Buyepongo, Eljuri, Boogat, Todos Tus Muertos (Argentine reggae), Troker, Los Aguas Aguas, ChocQuibTown, Grupo Fantasma, Mariachi Flor de Toloache, La Santa Cecilia, Spanglish Fly, El Chicano, Mala Rodriguez, and Quitapenas.
- From Remezcla: La Lupe (Cuba, Latin Soul), Jenni Rivera (California, ranchera), Tati Quebra-Barraco (Brazil, carioca funk), Yma Sumac (Peru, exotica), Jessy Bulbo (Mexico, punk), Lisa M (Puerto Rico, hip hop), Gloria Estefen (Cuba/Florida, Latin pop), Ivy Queen (Puerto Rico, reggaeton), Venus X (New York, club music), Alaska (Mexico/Spain, new wave), Trina (Florida, rap), Fefita la Grande (DR, merengue), Elza Soares (Brazil, samba), Chavela Vargas (Costa Rico/Mexico, ranchera), Mercedes Sosa (Argentina, nueva cancion), Aridia Ventura (DR, bachata), Selena (Texas, Tejano).
The posts I have done so far:
- Irene Cara: Flashdance … What a Feeling
- Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin: I Like It
- Mocedades: Eres Tú
- Celia Cruz: La Negra Tiene Tumbao
- Columbus Day
- The Meso-American Long Count
- The Columbian Exchange
- Bolsonaro
Suggestions are welcome, especially musical ones! Otherwise “De Colores” is going to be ringing in my head the whole time.
– Abagond, 2018.
See also:
- Hispanic Heritage months past: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.
- North America: a brief history
- Amara La Negra
¡Muchas gracias! Looking forward to read it.
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All that you are considering are really good choices. I would especially like to see a post on afro-Hispanics.
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Beautiful Amara Le Negra. Still having to get the white adjacent Latin X community to except her blackness.
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The animated film Coco is so beautiful and poignant. I am fascinated with Mexican folklore. Dios Muerta (Day of The Dead) celebration is a beautiful way to remember loved ones who have made their transition.
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I dont know if you have read Forbidden Passages by Caroline P Cook but I definetly recommend it.
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I’d like to suggest Sylvia Mendez and/or the 1940s desegregation court case Mendez v Westminster.
All of the post ideas are good. I’m seconding these as the ones I’d most like to see soon:
Mexican American deportations, 1848 to 2018
Cape Verde
Afro-Hispanics
Dominican Americans
Puerto Rico and race
Puerto Rico
El Salvador
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There were a number of musical suggestions in this comment last year by Llorona:
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Some more possibilities for music:
http://remezcla.com/lists/music/20-women-music-pioneers/
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P.S.
Hope to see some posts on Ifa and its hispanic descendants (Santería. Reglas de Ocha, etc.) and their modern cultural significance (e. g. in visual arts or in cinema like in McQueens movies).
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The song Aguanile by Puerto Rican singer Hector Lavoe and it’s Yoruban religion connection would be interesting.
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@Douglas Fir
And don’t forget ‘Lo Atara La Arache’ by Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz 🙂 Basically, any music based on Yoruba heritage would be fine — with a due respect to energies within.
Of Lavoe’s songs, I think ‘Todo Tiene Su Final’ also deserves a special mentioning. after all those decades it’s likely the best of what he had sung.
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This one looks like a good topic, too.
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Another suggestion: Emma Gonzalez
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Just curious if Italian heritage in Africa and elswhere counts for Hispanic one.
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