Afrocubanas

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By opening a much needed window into the lives, voices, and contributions of barely known Afro-Cuban female intellectuals and activists, this compilation makes a singular contribution to Afro-Cuban and to Afro-Latin American Studies. It is precisely from and through authors like those included here that we will be able to rethink the history of Latin America. -- Alejandro de la Fuente, Afro-Latin American Research Institute, Harvard University Afrocubanas is an important historical document. It brings together many of Cuba's contemporary Black feminist scholars to highlight the history and breadth of Black feminist thought in Cuba. This translation helps to make visible, and accessible, the groundbreaking work of Cuban Black feminist scholars. -- Tanya Saunders, Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Florida Previously published (in 2011) by the prestigious Cuban publisher Editorial Ciencias Sociales, Afrocubanas: History Thought, and Cultural Practices is a beautiful and necessary collection of texts on Afro-Cuban female history and experiences that have been frequently overlooked in most works on Cuban Studies. As the first published book devoted to giving voice to Afro-Cuban women, it deserves to be published in English. -- Odette Casamayor-Cisneros, Associate Professor of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania This English-language release of Afrocubanas is nothing less than thrilling. The granular analysis of archival sources by Cuba's most innovative historians, the compilation of Afro-Cuban women's writing throughout the twentieth century, and cogent discussions of black women's lives in 21st-century Cuba combine to make this book essential reading for anyone interested in race and gender in Latin America. -- Anasa Hicks, Assistant Professor of Caribbean History, Florida State University Afrocubanas provides sources that are often inaccessible to students or ignored by scholars and teachers - those authored by black women from the non-English-speaking Global South. Those who teach on the topics of Latin America and the Caribbean; slavery and race; or feminism and gender should assign this book, for the voices in Afrocubanas have the potential to revolutionize your course. -- Kelly Urban, Assistant Professor of History, University of South Alabama