Week # 10-96, Air Date 3/3/1996 - 3/9/1996

Segment #1: Black History Month: Africa in the Americas. Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with George Collinet, host of the public radio program 'Afro-Pop Worldwide', and with Dr. Sheila Walker, chair of the center for African and African-American Studies at The University of Texas about the impact of African culture on the Americas. 6:16

Subject Types: History

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Segment #2: Series: Impact of Africa on Latino Music. Latino USA's Mandalit Del Barco examines the impact of African and African American culture on early Afro-Cuban music. Part one of a two part series. 7:03

Subject Types: Arts - Music

Segment #3: Chupacabras: Puerto Rican Vampires. Latino USA's Maria Martin reports from Puerto Rico on the controversy there regarding the possible existence of a strange creature, which many blame for the deaths of dozens of farm animals on the island. 6:28

Subject Types: Cultural - Personal

Locations: U.S. Regions - Puerto Rico