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Cuban Coffee

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/10/202208/10/2022

The coffee plant was introduced into Cuba in 1748, but farming did not develop into…

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Watch films on Cuban black female artists – by Juanamaria Cordones-Cook, 2-30 October, online

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/10/202219/01/2023

Cuban Women of the African Diaspora – Inspirations for Change A series of films by…

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Win tickets to see Eliades Ochoa in London, 11 November 2022

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 23/09/202219/01/2023

We have a pair of hot tickets to win to see Eliades Ochoa, courtesy of…

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Eliades Ochoa, star of Buena Vista Social Club, 11 November 2022, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 23/09/202219/01/2023

The Star of Buena Vista Social Club makes a rare London appearance. Eliades is known…

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Film Screening: I am Cuba (Soy Cuba) – 18 November 2022, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 02/09/202219/01/2023

A heartfelt tribute to Cuba: lyrical, passionate, stunningly filmed (cinematography gold medal at Cannes). Now…

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Cuba Fundraiser film screening: Mambo Man – Sat 24 September 2022, Brighton

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 02/09/202202/10/2022

This is a special fundraiser for the Cuba Solidarity Campaign and the Viva la Educación initiative which…

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The People of the Documentary: a love letter to American people

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 15/08/2022

This August the Gibara film festival near Holguin in Cuba was screening a new Cuban…

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  • Past events

Acosta Danza:Spectrum – 23-30 January 2023, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 15/08/202220/03/2023

Carlos Acosta’s acclaimed dance company returns with an eclectic programme of six new and existing…

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Baracoa celebrates festival of the four C’s: Cuba, Cacao, Coconut and Coffee

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 15/08/2022

This August the small city of Baracoa on the far eastern tip of the coast…

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  • Cuban Literature

5 books for Summer reading on Cuban culture

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 15/08/202219/01/2023

We recommend these 5 books for your Summer reading on Cuban culture – from short…

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Trova – The Cuban sound of voice and guitar

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 15/08/202221/08/2022

Trova – the intimate Cuban sound of guitars and vocal harmonies singing poetic lyrics –…

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Competition: Win tickets to see Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor, London – 27 August 2022

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 22/07/202223/09/2022

We have a pair of hot tickets to win to see Maykel Blanco y su…

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Competition: Win tickets to see Cimafunk, London – 28 July

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 22/07/202215/08/2022

We have a pair of hot tickets to win to see CIMAFUNK, courtesy of promotors…

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  • Cuban Music

What is Son Cubano?

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 21/07/202221/07/2022

Son is a vocal and instrumental dance genre, which constitutes one of the basic forms…

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  • Cuban Literature

Review: Yoruba from Cuba – Selected Poems by Nicolás Guillén

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 08/07/202215/08/2022

This exemplary book of the selected poetry of Nicolás Guillén, Cuba’s first ‘national poet’, contains…

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