The Miami Herald is running an informative and colorful series on African populations in countries throughout the Latin world. Some features dig beneath the surface of societies heavily informed by their African citizens, such as Brazil and the Dominican Republic, while others uncover smaller communities of former slaves in often unsuspected places, such as Honduras and Nicaragua.
Fetching video footage and slides add spice to the text.
Today's penultimate feature story is on Cuba, A Barrier for Cuba's Blacks.
While it does well in noting the failings of the Cuban Revolution to eradicate the island's long, sorry history of racism, having visited, I find the piece unnuanced. For a tad more balance, here are my links posted on the HAV some time back:
Cuban Impressions -- from my trip journal
My review of:
Afro-Cuban Voices on Race and Identity in Contemporary Cuba
Edited by Pedro Perez Sarduy and Jean Stubbs
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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