CUBA

AUGUST 2020

Old Havana (La Habana Vieja)

Rumba, Salsa, Mambo

Casa De La Musica (discoteca)

Casa De Africa

Museo de la Revolucion 

Bodeguito del Medio

Castillo del Moro (El Moro Castle) the fire shows

El Capitolio

Yoruba Cultural Center: Yoruba songs and spirits

Barrio Chino

Regla: Black Madonna-Yemaya

Copelia Ice Cream

El Malecon

Miramar-Playa

500 years

freedom, liberation, education

isolation, 

self-reliant, sufficient

El Calljon de Hamel (celebration)

the smells, 

         the sounds, 

                   the tastes,

                           the look of Afro-Cuban

       ​​​​          Culture

Cuba, you are wise, slick, resilient and real

You are Africa away from home, but Africa is you

Classic cars, graffiti, hip hop, classicism + socialism

   “Real Eyes

            Realize 

                      Real lies”

Music is every, Cuba, it is your heartbeat 

Conga 

         Cajon de rumba (wooden musicality)

                          Rhythmic creativity

                   Sandoval,  

                            Sanchez, 

                               Buena Vista

                                      Celia Cruz

Humanity is Cuba, love is Cuba

Cuba is Café Fortuna (Joe)

And Cuba is Coco, hustling artistic swag 

Cuba you embody the visage of slavery

but it does not define you

Cuban Libre, La Zorra y el Cuervo (Jazz)

         Calle Obispo 

Cuba, you are many things

and you have my heart…

   ​​​tienes mi corazón

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