African Roots of Puerto Rican Music

Aguanile

🪘 “Aguanile” isn’t just a salsa hit—it’s a spiritual call rooted in survival.
Made famous by Héctor Lavoe and Willie Colón, this anthem pulls directly from Yoruba chants, Santería, and Afro-Caribbean traditions—a reminder that Latin music carries the echoes of African and Indigenous resistance.

🎶 Every drumbeat, every lyric is layered with history, memory, and meaning. This isn’t just music—it’s a map of where we come from.

🌍 The more we dig into our culture, the more we uncover what colonization tried to bury.

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