Sóngoro cosongo
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Sóngoro cosongo is a landmark 1931 poetry collection by Cuban writer Nicolás Guillén that blends Afro-Cuban rhythms, vernacular language, and social commentary to celebrate Black Cuban culture.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Nicolás Guillén ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Cuba ⓘ |
| creator | Nicolás Guillén ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
general readership
ⓘ
readers of Afro-Latin American literature ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Afro-Caribbean culture
ⓘ
Afro-Cuban music ⓘ Cuban son ⓘ |
| hasForm |
lyric poetry
ⓘ
son-inspired poems ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Afro-diasporic literature
ⓘ
Caribbean poetry ⓘ Latin American poetry ⓘ |
| hasMeter | rhythms imitating Cuban son ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered a classic of Cuban literature
ⓘ
considered a landmark of Afro-Cuban poetry ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
musicality
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oral tradition influences ⓘ syncopated rhythm ⓘ use of Afro-Cuban rhythms ⓘ vernacular language ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
everyday life of Black Cubans
ⓘ
race relations in Cuba ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Afro-Cuban identity
ⓘ
Afro-Cuban music ⓘ
surface form:
Black Cuban culture
class struggle ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Afro-Cuban literature
ⓘ
Negrismo ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterType | Afro-Cuban people ⓘ |
| notableFor |
celebration of Black Cuban culture
ⓘ
integration of Afro-Cuban music and poetry ⓘ pioneering Afro-Antillean poetic forms ⓘ |
| partOf | Afro-Antillean poetry canon ⓘ |
| precededBy | Motivos de son ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | Cuba ⓘ |
| setting |
Afro-Cuban communities
ⓘ
urban Cuba ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nicolás Guillén