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Cork Street Carnival: An Afro-Cuban Street Party, Saturday 5 August 2023, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 18/07/202310/09/2023

Running 12.30pm–6pm Cork Street Carnival promises a packed programme of music, food and entertainment. The music programming…

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  • News from Cuba

Cancelling Cuban Culture?

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 07/07/202322/07/2025

The assault on cultural figures as part of the United States blockade against Cuba has…

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  • Cuban Literature

Cuban poet Nancy Morejón victim of hatred against Cuban artists

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/06/202307/07/2023

The Cuban poet Nancy Morejón today thanked people for expressions of solidarity on the island…

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  • Cuban Music

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

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 26/05/202307/07/2023

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

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  • News from Cuba

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

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 05/05/2023

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

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Rogelio Martínez Furé, prominent Cuban folklorist, ethnologist and researcher

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 12/10/202212/10/2022

The outstanding Cuban folklorist, ethnologist and researcher and national prize for Literature Rogelio Martínez Furé died…

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Cuban Coffee

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/10/202201/06/2023

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

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  • Past events

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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  • 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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  • Cuban Music

Trova – The Cuban sound of voice and guitar

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 15/08/202207/07/2023

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

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  • Cuban Music

What is Son Cubano?

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 21/07/202201/02/2026

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

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  • News from Cuba

The Caribbean that unites us – the Fiesta del Fuego sets Santiago de Cuba alight

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 08/07/202219/01/2023

The fire of the Caribbean rekindles its flames in Santiago de Cuba this July with…

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  • Education in Cuba

“The Literacy Campaign was a cultural revolution” interview with Cuban Minister for Education

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 16/01/2022

December 2021 marked the 60th anniversary of the declaration of Cuba as a territory free…

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“I want to contribute”: interview with young Cuban cultural professor and critic Ada Elena Lescay

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 20/12/2021

For the young researcher and university professor from Santiago de Cuba, Ada Elena Lescay, the…

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  • Cuban Art

Yes to the Havana Biennial! Art floods Havana from November to April

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 13/11/202126/06/2022

More than 300 artists, gallery owners, promoters, critics and theorists from various disciplines from Latin…

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