A boy of this ethnicity is told, “Charity’s payin’ yo’ keep, / She’s givin’ you all you need” in the first poem of a collection titled for motifs in this ethnic group’s music. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ethnic group. A poet from this ethnic minority imitated its music with onomatopoeia exemplified by the collection title Sóngoro cosongo and the line “Mayombe-bombe-mayombé” from a “chant to kill a snake.”
ANSWER: Afro-Cubans [or Black Cubans or afrocubanos; prompt on Black or Cuban or negro; reject “Yoruba”] (The poems are “Negro bembón,” from the collection Motivos de son, and “Sensemayá.” Both are by Nicolás Guillén.)
[10h] This Afro-Cuban poet and scholar of Nicolás Guillén (“ghee-YEN”) began successive stanzas “I rebelled,” “I walked,” and “I rose up” in her poem “Mujer negra,” or “Black Woman.”
ANSWER: Nancy Morejón
[10e] In her poem “Cimarrones,” Morejón describes how it “dignifies our struggle / to go out and see us … sweeping shit / birthing [these things].” “Guantanamera” was adapted from a José Martí collection titled [these things] Sencillos (“sen-SEE-yohs”).
ANSWER: verses [accept versos; accept Simple Verses or Versos sencillos]
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