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Mood Music: Buena Vista Social Club – Chan Chan

Buena Vista Social Club will live forever. That pure, undiluted son music of Cuba is indelible. Check out this newly released lyric video for the classic Chan Chan. Also, do yourself a favor and get your tickets to see…

Listen: Genias in Music: La Lupe

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Latino USA (@latinousa) La Lupe was a force of nature. It was with good reason that the Cuban Afro-Latina songstress from the Bronx was known as the “Queen of Latin…

#TheGramUptown: Azúcar

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Uptown Tonight: Black And Cuba @ The Schomburg Center

This award-winning documentary follows street-smart Ivy League students who band together on an adventure to the enigmatic Caribbean island of Cuba, where the population is 60% black. Their journey reveals enthralling scenes of Cuban life, including hip-hop performances, block parties, and…

5/15/15: Harlem Afro Cuban Roots @ CCNY

Harlem Afro Cuban Roots @ CCNY FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015 | 8:00 PM AARON DAVIS HALL (138 Convent Ave @ 135th Street) Grammy-award-nominee saxophonist and composer Yosvany Terry headlines the exciting extravaganza, Harlem Afro-Cuban Roots, a concert production that…

Cuba's best-known dissident, blogger Yoani Sanchez, shows her work permit which was issued by Cuba, during a news conference in Feira de Santana

Protest by the keystroke | Manhattan Times

Story by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer Dissident Cuban blogger Yoani María Sánchez Cordero is hoping for a tribute to democracy in her native country. What she envisions isn’t an obelisk, or an individual memorialized in marble, as is prevalent in…