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London Lucumi Choir: Iya – Songs for the Mothers

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Acosta Danza Up Close – Norwich, 18-20 May 2023

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Dance festival in urban landscapes will return to the streets of Havana

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La Super: the Cuban superheroine fighting violence against women

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Trova – The Cuban sound of voice and guitar

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Review: Yoruba from Cuba – Selected Poems by Nicolás Guillén

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Harold López-Nussa, 4-5 July 2023, London

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  • Posted on 26/05/2023

‘Lopez-Nussa’s single-note grace is akin to Herbie Hancock’s and his two-fisted attacks are as joyous…

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Sankara x Guevara 1-31 July 2023, digital art exhibition online

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  • Posted on 26/05/2023

Explore the shared political values of the iconic Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara and his…

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Cuban duo Buena Fe sings of love and reconciliation, affirms musician Israel Rojas

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  • Posted on 26/05/2023

This May Cuban group Buena Fe while touring Spain has been subjected to insults and…

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International Congress of Cultural Heritage and G-77 in Cuba stress importance of cultural diversity and youth engagement

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  • Posted on 05/05/2023

This May in Havana the first International Congress of Cultural Heritage is taking place. A…

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Acosta Danza and Cuban dancer Zeleidy Crespo nominated for the UK National Dance Awards

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  • Posted on 04/05/2023

The Dance section of the Critics Circle in the UK has just nominated Acosta Danza…

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Strawberry and Chocolate plus Q&A – sat 17 June 2023, London

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  • Posted on 04/05/2023

A young communist student spies on a flamboyant gay artist in this much-loved, Oscar-nominated modern…

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Three Cuban film critics will participate in the 2024 Golden Globes vote

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  • Posted on 18/04/2023

Three Cuban film critics were selected to represent their country in April in the voting…

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EGREM: 60 years of making people ‘Feel the Music’

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  • Posted on 12/04/202305/05/2023

This April Cuba’s national recording studio EGREM is celebrating its 60th year. Founded in 1964…

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Ahmed Dickinson & Eduardo Martín ‘The Bridge’ UK tour April-May 2023

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  • Posted on 04/04/2023

Tour of UK-based Cuban guitarist Ahmed Dickinson with Grammy nominee Cuban guitarist and composer Eduardo Martín.…

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London Lucumi Choir: Iya – Songs for the Mothers

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  • Posted on 04/04/202304/04/2023

Album review by Dave Willetts The London Lucumi Choir is a community project founded 17…

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Omar Puente’s Charanga Sextet – London, 22 June 2023

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  • Posted on 04/04/2023

The virtuosity and charisma typical of Omar’s performances will merge with the flavour of traditional Charanga dance…

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Acosta Danza Up Close – Norwich, 18-20 May 2023

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  • Posted on 04/04/202304/04/2023

Carlos Acosta’s trail-blazing and Olivier-award nominated Cuban dance company Acosta Danza returns to Norwich again…

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Alfredo Rodriguez Trio, London 16 May 2023

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  • Posted on 04/04/202304/04/2023

Grammy-nominated artist, Alfredo Rodríguez, is a leader in the thriving Cuban music scene. The prodigiously…

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Eliades Ochoa – 30 April Cheltenham & 28 May Manchester

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  • Posted on 04/04/2023

The star of Buena Vista Social Club, known as Mr Chan Chan in his hometown…

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New Cuban film ‘The Returned’ being made in coastal town Gibara

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  • Posted on 20/03/202304/04/2023

‘The returned’, the second feature film by Holguin filmmaker Armando Capó and a Cuban production…

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