Afro-Cuban Voices On Race and Identity in Contemporary Cuba

Based on the vivid firsthand testimony of prominent Afro-Cubans who live in Cuba, this book of interviews looks at ways that race affects daily life on the island. While celebrating their racial & national identity, the collected voices express an urgent need to end the silences & distortions of history in both pre- & postrevolutionary Cuba. The 14 people interviewed--of different generations & from different geographic areas of Cuba--come from the arts, the media, industry, academia, & medicine. All responded to four controversial questions: What is it like to be black in Cuba? How has the revolution made a difference? To what extent is that difference true today? What can be done? Exposing the contradictions of both racial stereotyping & cultural assimilation, their eloquent answers make the case that the issue of race in Cuba, no matter how hard to define, will not be ignored.Sarduy, Pedro Perez is the author of 'Afro-Cuban Voices On Race and Identity in Contemporary Cuba' with ISBN 9780813017358 and ISBN 0813017351.