The African Presence in Latin American Culture

About this episode

Hettie V. Williams discusses the African influences on Latin American culture with Luis Mora-Ballesteros.

In this episode Hettie V. Williams discusses the African Presence in Latin America with Luis Mora-Ballesteros. Williams is Associate Professor of African American history at Monmouth University. Mora-Ballesteros is Lecturer of Spanish and Literatures of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Monmouth University. This conversation focuses primarily on the African influences on Latin American dance, literature, and culture including some discussion ...

People in this episode

Host: Hettie V. Williams

Guest: Luis Mora-Ballesteros

Topics covered

• African presence
• Latin American culture
• dance
• literature
• interview

Keywords

• African presence
• Latin America
• culture
• dance
• literature
• Hettie V. Williams
• Luis Mora-Ballesteros

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Monmouth University, Department of World Languages and Cultures

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