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    Afro-Costa Ricans are Costa Ricans of African ancestry. Costa Rica has four small minority groups: Mulattoes, Blacks, Amerindians and Asians (primarily...
    11 KB (1,262 words) - 19:06, 15 January 2024
  • The country of Costa Rica has many kinds of music. Though its music has achieved little international credit, Costa Rican popular music genres include...
    16 KB (1,858 words) - 20:26, 4 April 2024
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    Walter Ferguson (singer-songwriter) (category Costa Rican male singers)
    Ferguson Byfield (7 May 1919 – 25 February 2023) was a Panamanian-born Costa Rican calypso singer-songwriter. He was popularly known as Mr. Gavitt or Segundo...
    16 KB (2,041 words) - 18:39, 20 January 2024
  • Mechanical Engineers (1988–1989). Walter Ferguson, 103, Panamanian-born Costa Rican calypso singer-songwriter. François Hadji-Lazaro, 66, French actor (Cemetery...
    219 KB (15,916 words) - 12:17, 14 April 2024
  • rock guitarist (Sumika) 25 – Walter Ferguson, 103, Panamanian-born Costa Rican calypso singer-songwriter 27 – Ismaïla Touré, 73, Senegalese Mbalax singer...
    164 KB (12,527 words) - 18:05, 13 April 2024
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    and racist. Prior to joining the NOI, Farrakhan was a calypso singer who used the stage name Calypso Gene. Early in his career, he served as the minister...
    86 KB (9,264 words) - 17:46, 13 April 2024
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    Limón Province (category Provinces of Costa Rica)
    Bernardo Soto, Costa Rica hired Meiggs' nephew, Minor Keith, to renegotiate Costa Rica's debt and complete the project. Native Costa-Ricans comprised the...
    20 KB (1,827 words) - 16:48, 17 November 2023
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    is a style of Latin American music, combining elements of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and American influences. Because most of the basic musical components predate...
    69 KB (9,170 words) - 20:27, 2 April 2024
  • (category Puerto Rican styles of music)
    prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s through a plethora of Puerto Rican musicians. It has been popularized and dominated by artists from Puerto...
    65 KB (6,597 words) - 14:24, 14 April 2024
  • Puerto Rican women
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    The recorded history of Puerto Rican women can trace its roots back to the era of the Taíno, the indigenous people of the Caribbean, who inhabited the...
    185 KB (20,209 words) - 13:26, 21 March 2024
  • Mekatelyu (band) (category Costa Rican musical groups)
    Mekatelyu is a Costa Rican band formed in December 1998 when Gabriel Dávila (Gabo), bassist of the band, began to search for a new style of music that...
    6 KB (795 words) - 00:37, 12 January 2024
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    Of the Hispanic population, the Puerto Rican, Dominican, Nicaraguan, Honduran, Panamanian, Cuban and Costa Rican populations are the most culturally similar...
    39 KB (3,012 words) - 14:06, 18 April 2024
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    Luis Fonsi (category Puerto Rican male soap opera actors)
    stage name Luis Fonsi (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis ˈfonsi]), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for his soulful and dance oriented songs, most notably...
    53 KB (3,523 words) - 15:52, 15 April 2024
  • Islands has imported various pan-Caribbean genres of music, including calypso music and soca music from Trinidad and reggae from Jamaica. The major indigenous...
    28 KB (3,880 words) - 20:35, 4 April 2024
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    alternative to the hymns and adapted chanteys of local church singing), calypso, and also draws influence from traditional African folk rhythms. One of...
    74 KB (8,367 words) - 11:06, 11 April 2024
  • Sprawe, Gilbert A. "About Man Betta Man, Fission and Fusion, and Creole, Calypso and Cultural Survival in the Virgin Islands" (PDF). Retrieved 6 April 2023...
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