| Cuba |
Lydia Cabrera:
ethnologist, author of numerous books on AfroCuban religions |
Walterio
Carbonell, historian, author of "Cómo se forjó la cultura
nacional" |
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Jesús Cos Causse:
poet |
Nicolas Guillén: poet |
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Leida
Oquendo: anthropologist |
Fernando Ortiz:
ethnologist, author of numerous books on Afrocuban culture |
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Reynaldo Peñalber, Havana:
journalist - 1999 |
Alberto
Pedro: actor, playwright |
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| Caribbean |
Eugene
Godfried, Guantanamo & Curacao: journalist, community activist, radio broadcaster |
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| US |
Lorenzo
Turner, 1890-1972: linguist and africanist, studied Gullah as well as
languages in Cuba, Brazil, and Africa |
Robert F.Williams,
1925-1996: revolutionary,
first president of the Republic of New Africa, ran Radio Free Dixie from Havana |
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| Africa |
Kwame Ture (Stokely
Carmichael) 1941 - 1998: revolutionary, buried in Guinee, strong ties to Cuba |
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