The Afro-Cuban community has a rich cultural history that dates back to the transatlantic slave trade, which brought millions ...

Culture is history, costumes and traditions ... Cuban art covers the different stages of the evolution of Afro-Cuban beliefs. There was a strong Catholicism imposed in colonial times that ...

all of this comes from a history of enslaved people in the Americas.” Chicago’s acclaimed “Bomba con Buya” honors the sacred ...

The best place to get an authentic taste of Afro-Cuban culture is at the weekly ... diversity, and social history of Cuba. Movies: Viva Cuba (2007): This independent Cuban film tells the story ...

Nine days of mourning The nine days also happen to coincide with an important date in the Afro-Cuban religious calendar, as December 4th is the day of ' Santa Barbara' in Cuba, a syncretic deity ...

Performing Afro-Cuba: Image, Voice, Spectacle in the Making of Race and History (University of Chicago Press, 2014; winner of 2015 Edward Sapir Prize from the Society for Linguistic Anthropology). She ...

Cuban pianist, composer and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz, as well as a Detroit favorite who headlined the 2022 Detroit Jazz Festival as artist ...

Among the courses he teaches are Dance History: Political Bodies from Stage to Page ... Humanities Fellow (2014-15), an affiliate researcher at Harvard University’s Afro-Latin American Research ...

But early on he struggled, along with many other Cuban artists ... historic plantations and other sites relevant to African-American history. He took particular interest in the preserved ...

Military veterans Manuel and Geiszel Godoy create Black Sands Entertainment to empower African-American youth through comic books and graphic novels.

Ting Josue Alvarez-Maquinta performs with John Calloway and the Afro-Filipino Project. (Bob Hsiang Photography) While learning his new family history, Calloway never thought of exploring it in music.

Embrace Cuba's rich culture and history as you walk along Havana's famed Malecon during the early evening, explore the streets of Havana Vieja, and witness Afro-Cuban dance performances. Soak up the ...