Packet 1: Tossup 11

A poem from this country ends by describing the resounding wood of “the tree we planted for communism.” A boy from this country is warned not to fall in love with a “‘Merican gal” in the poem “Don’t Know No English.” The speaker descends a blue mountain “to put an end to capitalists and usurers, / to generals and bourgeois” in a poem from this non-Senegal country titled “Black Woman.” Langston (-5[1])Hughes (15[1])translated a poet (15[3])from this country (15[1]-5[2])who wrote the (-5[1])collection (15[1])Motifs of (*) Son (10[1])(“SOHN”). The refrain (10[2])“¡Mayombe-bombe-mayombé!” (10[16]-5[1])is (10[2])chanted (10[1])in a poem (10[1])from this country about the sacrifice of a snake, “Sensemayá.” A poem from this country begins “A sincere man am (10[1])I / From the land (10[2])where palm trees grow.” For 10 points, name this home country of Nancy Morejón, Nicolás Guillén, and (10[1])José Martí, (10[5])who wrote (10[1])“Guantanamera.” (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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