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Vol 2, #5: March 2007

 

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“Empires founded by tyranny ... “

   Antonio Maceo

 

Publishing Information

 

Table of Contents

 

Publisher’s Note

 

From the Editor

 

Essays

 

Military order from Antonio Maceo

 

Afro-Cuban Patriots in Tampa

 

Cuba: Where do we stand relative to the nation?

   Manuel Cuesta Morúa

 

Antonio Maceo y Grajales: A “Titan” for all Races

   Kenya C. Dworkin y Méndez

 

Pens as Swords

   Jorge Camacho

 

History

 

A Man of Actions and Ideas: Thoughts on General Antonio Maceo

   Philip S. Foner

 

Letter to the Citizen President of the Republic (1987)

   Antonio Maceo

 

Juan Gualberto Gómez and W.E.B. Du Bois: National versus Racial Identity in Cuba and the United States

   Laurence A. Glasco

 

Art and Literature

 

Celia Cruz: The “Queen” of Spain

   Enrique Collazo

 

El tosco, la timba and la banda

   Nelson M. Rossell Cosme

 

General

 

Racism in Cuba: A Controversial Subject

   Mario J. Viera González

 

The Cameroonian rural woman and agriculture

   Ngashu Maurine Nangah

 

Mixed Metaphors

   Enrique del Risco

 

Immigration: What’s the problem?

   Michel D. Suárez

 

Book Review: More than Black: Afro Cubans in Tampa, by Susan D. Greenbaum  

 

Of the cream, the chocolate and the café latte

   Lucas Garve

 

Photo Essay

 

Cuba in Tampa

   Susan D. Greenbaum (University of South Florida)

   Kenya C. Dworkin y Méndez, Carnegie Mellon University

 

Prisoners of Color

 

Miguel Valdés Tamayo: First victim of the Group of 75

   Miguel Fernández, Writer & Journalist

 

Testimony

Music is the only gift I have …

   Celia Cruz