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Review of ‘The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics’

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 27/07/202130/07/2021

The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics2nd edition, Duke University PressEditors: Aviva Chomsky, Barry Carr, Alfredo…

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  • Cuban Literature

‘A Miniature Garden’ New book of poetry from Cuban poet Anna Lidia Vega

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/07/202130/07/2021

Review of A Miniature Garden / Un Jardin en Miniature, Poems by Anna Lidia Vega…

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  • Cuban Music

Having a good time – review of CD Pupy y Los que Son Son: Pasandola Bien

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 29/01/2021

Cuban salsa maestro César Pedroso, otherwise known as Pupy, knows his audience. His tumbaos, the…

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  • Cuban Music

CD Review: Roberto Fonseca: Yesun “The album I always wanted to make”

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 26/01/202018/07/2020

The first track on Roberto Fonseca’s 2001 breakthrough album ‘No Limit’ was dedicated to Yemaya,…

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  • Cuban Dance

Review of ‘Herencia’ documentary on Cuba’s African heritage

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 02/01/202024/09/2020

When Spanish journalist Ana Hurtado went to Cuba for the first time a few years…

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  • Cuban Music

CD Review: Adalberto Álvarez y su son: Casino…el baile popular

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 17/10/201804/08/2020

This album of non-stop quality Cuban Casino dance music is a treasure for any lover…

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Biography of a Runaway Slave: book review

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/10/201818/11/2018

Given there are few written testimonies by enslaved people anywhere, this, “the first personal and…

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  • Cuban Literature

Review of The Book of Havana: A city in short fiction

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 29/07/201814/08/2018

The editor of this new collection of short stories by Cuban writers describes the essence…

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  • Cuban Film

Review of documentary Buena Vista Social Club: Adios

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 23/04/201806/06/2018

Everybody with a love for Cuban music knows about the phenomenon that was the Buena…

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  • Cuban Dance

A Salsa music hug: Cuban record label promotes salsa collaboration with Puerto Rico

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 16/11/201725/04/2018

Cuban record label promotes salsa collaboration with Puerto Rico with top Cuban singers Yumurí,Mayito Rivera, Haila, El Indio, Tania Pantoja and others

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CD review: Playing Lecuona Featuring Chucho Valdés, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Michel Camilo

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 03/11/201717/10/2018

For many Cuban music fans, the name of Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963) remains obscure at best – outside of Latin America he is often thought of as an opportunist who used Afro Cuban rhythms to spice up his many compositions.

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