A Conference on Afro-Cubans in Cuban Society:
Past, Present and Future
September 16-17, 1999
Organized by:
the Center for International Policy,
the Cuba Exchange Program of the Johns Hopkins University,
the Latin American Studies Program of the Johns Hopkins
the School of Advanced International Studies
the Fundacion Fernando Ortiz, Havana |
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With the cooperation of
the TransAfrica Forum
and the participation of
the Congressional Black Caucus |
At the auditorium of the School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
| September 16, 1999 |
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| 8:30-9:00 a.m |
Coffee and registration |
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| 9:00-9:05 a.m |
Welcome, Wayne S. Smith, Center for International Policy and
Johns Hopkins, conference organizer |
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| 9:05-9:20 a.m. |
Introductory remarks, Congressman
Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) |
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| 9:20-10:50 a.m |
Session I- The Past: From the Ten Years
War to 1959 |
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Moderator: Jean Stubbs, University of
North London, co-editor (with Pedro Perez Sarduy) of AfroCuba: An Anthology of Cuban
Writing on Race, Politics, and Culture |
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Aline Helg, University of
Texas, author of Our Rightful Share: The AfroCuban Struggle for Equality, 1886-1912 |
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Robin Moore, Temple University, author of
Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Cuba, 1920-1940 |
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Pedro Pablo Rodriguez, Centro de Estudios Martianos, editor
of Las Obras Completas de Jose Marti |
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| 11:00-12:30 p.m |
Session II- The Present: 1959 Until
Today, on the Island
Moderator: Selena Mendy Singleton, TransAfrica |
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Rogelio Martinez Fure,
Conjunto Folklorico Nacional, author of Poesia Yoruba [unable to attend] |
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Rigoberto Lopez, filmmaker, ICAIC (Cuban
Film Institute, "From Son to Salsa") |
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Tomas Fernandez Robaina, Biblioteca
Nacional de Cuba, author of El Negro en Cuba [unable to attend] |
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| 12:30-2:30 p.m |
Luncheon Speaker, Randall Robinson, TransAfrica |
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| 2:45-4:15 p.m. |
Session III - The Present, in the Diaspora |
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Moderator: Robert Steinback,
The Miami Herald |
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Eduardo Barada, businessman, Washington, DC |
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Alberto Jones, The Caribbean
Children's Fund, Palm Coast, FL |
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Perdo Perez Sarduy, Marti-Maceo
Cultural Society, London, author of Cumbite |
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and Other Poems |
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| September 17, 1999 |
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| 9-10:30a.m. |
Session IV- The Importance of Santeria |
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Moderator: Serafin (Tato) Quinyones, Union of Cuban Writers
and Artists (UNEAC), author of A Pie de Obra and also of a chapter in AfroCuba, edited by Pedro Pérez Sarduy and Jean Stubbs. |
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Miguel Barnet, Fundacion
Fernando Ortiz, author of Akeke y la Jutia |
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Lazara Menendez, University of Havana, author of Estudios
Afrocubanos |
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Natalia Bolivar Arostegui, Cuban National
Museum of Fine Arts, author of Los Orishas en Cuba |
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Eugenio Matibag, Iowa State
University |
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| 10:30a.m. -12:00p.m. |
Session V- The Future
Moderator: Enrique Sosa, University of Havana |
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Graciela Chailloux, Casa de Altos Estudios Don Fernando Ortiz |
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Gisela Arandia, Union of Cuban
Writers and Artists (UNEAC) |
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Carlos Moore, University of the
West Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad |
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Ana Cairo, University of Havana |
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| 12:00p.m. |
Final Remarks: Pablo Armando Fernandez |
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