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¿Hay un movimiento afrodescendiente en Cuba? 11/25/2014 Diario de
Cuba: "Como anunciaba el programa de la Primera Jornada Cubana contra el
Racismo, el martes 18 de noviembre tuvo lugar el panel "Movimientos
afrodescendientes en América Latina y el Caribe en el siglo XXI", en la Casa de
la Poesía, ubicada en La Habana Vieja. Bárbara Danzié, historiadora del Archivo
Nacional, fungió como moderadora, y los panelistas fueron Daysi Rubiera, Roberto
Zurbano y Tomás Fernández Robaina, quienes hicieron sus presentaciones en ese
orden."
¿Cómo combatir el racismo desde la labor comunitaria? 11/21/2014 Diario de
Cuba: por Yusimí Rodríguez López - "Una de las preguntas del público a los
representantes de estos proyectos estuvo enfocada en la forma en que estos
combaten la discriminación racial desde su labor comunitaria. Todos coincidieron
en responder que lo hacen a través de la promoción de valores. También intervino
la historiadora y escritora Daysi Rubiera, autora de importantes libros como
Reyita y Desafío al silencio, y compiladora, junto a la fallecida Inés María
Martiatu, de los textos reunidos en el libro Afrocubanas. Daysi Rubiera es
también asesora de la Red Barrial Afrodescendiente. Esta red, fundada dos años
atrás dentro del Proyecto Balcón de Arimao, está integrada por los barrios
capitalinos Balcón Arimao, Buena Vista, Pogolotti, Iglesia Ebenezer, Párraga,
Barrio de los Ángeles (cerca de la CUJAE), y Alamar Playa."
Premios Oriente-2014 para Yusimí Rodríguez y Ariel Fonseca 6/30/2014 Granma: "Los
Premios Oriente-2014, convocados por esa reconocida casa editorial en ocasión
del aniversario 43 de su creación, fueron otorgados a Yusimí Rodríguez López, de
la Habana, y al espirituano Ariel Fonseca Rivero, en las categorías Cuento
(Premio José Soler Puig), y Literatura para Niños y Jóvenes (Premio Herminio
Almendros), respectivamente. The Cuban Dream, es el título con que fue
galardonada Rodríguez López, por el jurado integrado en Cuento por Francisco
López Sacha, Aída Bahr, y Ahmel Echevarría, mientras Fonseca Rivero obtenía el
lauro con el libro de cuentos para niño El circo invisible, según el veredicto
de Julio Yánez, Teresa Melo y Reinaldo Álvarez Lemus."
Cojeando... ¿hasta el éxito? 2/13/2014 Diario de Cuba: "Alfredo me muestra
emails impresos de hoteles (Melia Cayo Santa María, Sandals Royal Hicacos, Sol
Cayo Largo) que han solicitado su producto para comercializarlo. Ha logrado
formulaciones para champú color y acondicionador color. Además, puede impartir
clases de peluquería para la aplicación del producto. La representante de
Alfredo ha enviado cartas a Marino Murillo y otros funcionarios para que se
agilice el otorgamiento de la personalidad jurídica. Ha recibido respuestas y
hay todo un cartapacio de cartas, según él, pero todo sigue igual. Muchas
personas están a la espera de que empiece a producirse la línea de productos
Núñez Elías, y sobre todo él, que ve en ello la posibilidad de prosperar."
Cubans Speak of
Their Journey to Their Past 7/17/2013 Havana Times: "My grandmother was a
very close friend of Florinda Diago’s, who was a descendant of Josefa. Other
members of the Ganga tribe, the precursors of these traditions in Cuba, were in
the same ship that brought her from Africa. These traditions were passed on to
me through my grandmother and aunt. I’ve known the dances, the songs and the
ritual beating of the drums since I was a kid, because I was raised within the
traditions, though I’m not a member of the Ganga Longoba African culture group.
My aunt is always singing traditional songs and my grandmother used to tell me
many stories from the old country. In Mukpangumba, I played the drums and
danced. I don’t know the exact place in Africa my ancestors lived. Orlando
Herrera, Perico’s former city historian, used to say we must have come from
Nigeria or the Congo, because of our physical features."
Cuba/Africa: An
Inspiring Example of Human Survival 7/8/2013 Havana Times: "On my second
trip to the village to show them a video of the Cubans from Perico, who had seen
them on video and were sending them greetings, they asked me to stay, to be more
than just a tourist. I explained that our cameras needed to have their batteries
charged and that we were susceptible to malaria. They said that they would buy a
generator, buy gasoline and find mosquito nets for us. I couldn’t believe that
they would try to give us something. We decided that if all they wanted was for
us to be with them in the village, then we would buy the generator and buy the
gasoline ourselves."
The Cuban Rap
Agency Controversy (Sekou’s Version) 2/1/2012 Havana Times: by Yusimi
Rodriguez - "HT: You weren’t bothered that Magia was a woman who was directing a
lot of male rappers? Sekou: That’s not the case. We’ve always had female
directors at the Rap Agency. If another woman director comes later, that’s fine.
I think men have held more than enough management positions in the world for
more than enough time. If a woman is leading and doing the job, at least in my
personal case, that’s not a problem. But it’s a problem if someone is in that
position to carry out certain responsibilities but they don’t fulfill them as
they should. If tomorrow they make another woman the director, that’s fine. But
as artists we want them to do their job for us. We want to have a director who
facilitates things for us. I want someone who will help me if I want to do a
concert that requires a lot of logistics. I want someone who will support me
with the expenses. However, if you can’t help me but you can spend money on
yourself, then what’s up with that? Those are things one might suspect and
comment about, but when you go through the paperwork you realize that it’s an
objective fact."
A Cuba Artist’s
‘Corporal Concepts’ 1/5/2012 Havana Times: by Yusimi Rodriguez
The Unity of the
Majority of Cubans 12/29/2011 Havana Times: by Yusimi Rodriguez - "The
question is: Will this minority at some point have the legal right to organize
its members, or unite with other minorities or with/in other parties? Another
question: Will the Communist Party of Cuba at some point cease to be “The” party
to simply become a political party; one of many that people can join as they
wish?"
Cuba Hip Hop Has
Its Magic 12/22/2011 Havana Times: by Yusimi Rodriguez - "Recently a large
part of the rappers that belong to the Cuban Rap Agency sent a letter to Culture
Minister Abel Prieto, in which they complained about the work of Magia López at
the head of the agency and asked that she be removed. This is an interview with
Magia for Havana Times made before the sending of the letter. She talks about
the CD Disco Negro and other topics including her work at the Cuban Rap Agency."
Maite Vera: A
Cuban Who Writes Soap Operas 12/18/2011 Havana Times: by Yusimi Rodriguez -
"Many Cubans feel Maite’s scripts reflect a rose-colored vision of the regime,
and perhaps the explanation lies in this documentary. We discover a woman who
lived through the Batista dictatorship and belongs to the generation that built
the Revolution, experiencing the excitement of that period. Likewise, within the
years of the revolution she graduated from the University of Theatre and Drama –
at the age of 50. Therefore her vision could hardly be other than that of an
active defender of the cause."
Cuba As Seen By
Tourists 11/10/2011 Havana Times: by Yusimi Rodriguez - "With time I’ve
come to meet many tourists and I always wonder how the world looks to someone
who can buy a round-trip ticket to any part of the planet like it’s something
normal. Their lives in those countries seem like fiction to me and they stir my
curiosity."
Afro–Cuban writer Yusimí Rodríguez López 10/21/2011 Diaspora
Vibe: "Consequently, the online sphere of debate and cultural critique that’s
been expanded to include such interlocutors as Sandra Alvarez, Yusimí and their
mentor Lalita Matiatu (http://afrocubana.wordpress.com/ ) does not, like radio
and television, reach a mass Cuban audience. Yet the limited access that does
exist to these online sites of discursive and cultural struggle aren’t blocked
or censored as are sites deemed to be “counterrevolutionary.” This suggests that
these relatively new cyberspatial projects are the outcome of an ongoing
negotiation between the counter-publics of civil society and the state, which
struggles to sustain its legitimacy in a context of growing social disparities
and ideological contestation. The international accessibility of these blogs and
other e-publications facilitates an exchange of ideas beneficial to all
concerned, ensuring that the embargo does not prevent the flow of ideas and
intercultural communications."
Cuba Seen by
Tourists (II): Christian Returns 10/9/2011 Havana Times: by Yusimi
Rodriguez
Cuba Woman’s Small
Business Secret 9/5/2011 Havana Times: by Yusimi Rodriguez
A ‘Maroon’ in
Cuba’s Hip Hop 8/29/2011 Havana Times: by Yusimi Rodriguez - "Last week I
attended the “Workshop on Gender” that took place within the framework of the
Seventh Symposium on Hip Hop, dedicated on this occasion to peace. It was held
from August 17–21 at the Plaza Cultural Center in Havana. There I met Lourdes
Suarez, the “maroon” (Spanish: cimmaron, the word for “fugitive slave” used
throughout Latin America) who along with her comrade Yasser “El Gallo” Miranda,
makes up the Espejo Project."
Cuba’s Rotilla
Festival Out in 2011, Back in 2012? 8/17/2011 Havana Times: by Yusimi
Rodriguez - "Last year, as is customary, we were approached by the vice minister
of Culture, Fernando Rojas, who had several meetings with us before the
festival, one of them at the office of the Asociacion Hermano Saiz, which
ironically now says that I’m not a member (I’ll say more about this in a
minute). He told us: “Look guys, for us to help you, you have to help us. The
group Omni Zona Franca cannot perform at the festival because they present a
problem to national security and the interests of our policy on culture.” I
don’t consider dangerous Omni. If an artist is able to destabilize a government,
that government must be pretty fragile and unstable anyway. Recently, in a
session of the Cuban parliament, President Raul Castro explained that there
should not be intolerance towards criticism, that it’s necessary to listen to
all sides for the country to grow. Notwithstanding, some of his vice ministers
and vice presidents have some highly conservative views that would make you
think we were still in the ‘80s."
Leaders Scare Me 7/11/2011 Havana
Times: by Yusimi Rodriguez - "If you’re still surprised that so many women in
love allow themselves to be run roughshod over by their lovers and continue to
justify their actions, think of how the faithful followers of the dictators
(those former leaders) do exactly the same thing. Then you’ll realize how
horrifying it all is."
Lidiando con mi "pasa" (II) 7/7/2011 Negra Cubana: por Yusimi Rodriguez
Lidiando con mi "pasa" (I) 6/14/2011 Negra Cubana: por Yusimi Rodriguez -
"Aunque para algunos sectores de nuestro país, tan solidarios con la lucha de
los afro-norteamericanos, black no era tan beautiful. A mi padre, que era
miembro de la Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas (UJC), le cuestionaron su forma de
llevar el pelo en su comité de base. El pelo largo, e incluso la barba, se
consideraban sucios, antihigiénicos, indecentes, indignos de un miembro de la
juventud comunista que debía ser la vanguardia del país. A mi amiga modelo la
llamaron de la dirección del pre para preguntarle por qué llevaba el afro: "Los
negros en Estados Unidos lo llevan para protestar, tienen motivos. ¿Pero usted
contra qué está protestando?"
Afro-Cuban Women Debating Cuba Today 6/13/2011 Ethnolust
“Raza y Racismo” hace su debate desde la Casa del Caribe 6/15/2010 Casa del
Caribe: "El destacado académico cubano de las ciencias sociales, doctor Fernando
Martínez Heredia, presentó este viernes en la Casa del Caribe el libro “Raza y
Racismo”, una compilación de artículos publicados en un segundo volumen de
“Antología de Caminos” en alusión a Revista del Centro Martín Luther King
especializada en pensamiento sociológico. El primer volumen recoge los primos
cuarenta números de la referida publicación. El libro consta de cuatro partes o
capítulos: Pensamiento y Sociedad, donde aparecen artículos como “La cuestión
racial en Cuba”, del propio Martínez Heredia, y “Aportes culturales y
desculturación”, de Manuel Moreno Fraginals, así como valiosos trabajos sobre el
tema de Fernando Ortiz, Walterio Carbonell, Ana Cairo, Esteban Morales y Yusimí
Rodríguez, entre otros."
Cuba’s First Black
Model 4/1/2010 Havana Times: by Yusimi Rodriguez
Open Letter Condemning Recent Obstructions and Prohibitions of Social and
Cultural Initiatives - Observatorio Crítico 12/28/2009 El Yuma
Ecos del 27 de
noviembre 12/19/2009 Havana Times: por Yusimi Rodriguez - "Pero no se habla
de estos cinco negros abakuá. ¿Falta de conocimiento de la historia? Consta que
al menos Ernesto Guevara lo sabía y en 1961 destacó esos hechos con la intención
de reconocer el valiente gesto de estos negros ñáñigos. Durante años se nos ha
llamado a emular a Ernesto Guevara, él ha sido el ejemplo a seguir. ¿Por qué no
se siguió su ejemplo mucho antes, en el rescate de la memoria de cinco ñáñigos?"
‘The Revolution
Made Blacks Human’ 11/3/2009 Havana Times: by Yusimi Rodriguez - "The
crowning point of my co-worker’s monologue was the moment he said that if he
-the white son of rich people- had been able to sacrifice then blacks had to do
the same, because “the Revolution had allowed blacks to become people.” I didn’t
know if the guy had something else to add, because I cut into him calling him a
racist, among other things. It turned into pretty ugly argument, over which he
finally chose to retreat into his office."
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