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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:The Symbolism of Race in Cuba Today
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SUMMARY:The Symbolism of Race in Cuba Today
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<strong>Speaker</strong>: Pedro Pérez Sarduy, independent Cuban poet, writer, and journalist<br><strong>Moderator</strong>: Alejandro de la Fuente, Chair, Cuba Studies Program</p><p>	[[{"fid":"1028924","view_mode":"default","type":"media","attributes":{"height":"252","width":"189","style":"float: left;","alt":"Images of Trees in Cuba","class":"media-element file-default"}}]] Multimedia presentation that will use documentary films that examine the Afro-Cuban experience and explore Afro-Cuban culture based on the contemporary realities of black Cubans. The presentation will also analyze current Cuba-USA relations and the effects of the bloqueo/embargo on Cuban entrepreneurs, activists, artists and writers</p><p>	<strong>Pedro Pérez-Sarduy</strong> (Santa Clara, Cuba 1943) is a distinguished award winner poet, writer, journalist, broadcaster and cultural critic residing in London and Havana. He is co-editor of two seminal books <em>AFROCUBA: An Anthology of Cuban Writing on Race, Politics and Culture</em> (bilingual 1993, 1998) and <em>Afro-Cuban Voices: On Race and Identity</em> in Contemporary Cuba, 2000.</p><p>	<strong>Alejandro de la Fuente</strong> is the Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics, Professor of African and African American Studies and of History at Harvard University. He is also Director of the Afro-Latin American Research Institute, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.</p><p>	<em>Presented in collaboration with the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center</em></p>
LOCATION:104 Mount Auburn Street, 3R
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