Afro-Latin American and Popular Music

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Across
  1. 5. the fusion of West African with Black American music
  2. 9. originated around 1958 as a movement affecting a radical change in the classic Cuban Samba
  3. 11. a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory
  4. 14. Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Colombian dance music
  5. 17. an activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience
  6. 19. a country in the southern portion of North America
  7. 20. Jamaican sound dominated by bass guitar and drums
Down
  1. 1. the imparting of information or news
  2. 2. combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues, and often jazz
  3. 3. a country located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet
  4. 4. something done for enjoyment when one is not working
  5. 6. Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages
  6. 7. relating to or used for formal events of a religious or public nature
  7. 8. mainly religious, sometimes taken from psalms of Biblical Passages
  8. 10. largest Spanish-speaking nation in the world
  9. 12. a North American country of 50 states
  10. 13. its notes create soulful and expressive sound
  11. 15. a band in Mexico whose original ensemble consisted of violins, guitars, harp, and guitarron
  12. 16. African ______________ music is largely functional in nature
  13. 18. South African music featuring lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug