Afro-cuban struggle

Chinese ties to the Cuban communist party, the People’s Socialist Party (PSP), date back to 1949, which is before Fidel Castro came to power. Sino-Cuban relations between 1959 and 1989 can be described as inconsistent at best, with a number of changes in attitude on the part of Castro towards Chinese leaders. It is considered one of the great ironies of history that although Castro publicly condemned Mao “with a viciousness rarely encountered in modern international relations,” the Cuban leader was more

ethnicity is Puerto Rican, and my nationality is American. I grew in a city where 39.3 percent of the population is Hispanic. Growing up in urban city where a large percentage of the population is Hispanic shaped who I am, what I have learned, and the struggles I overcame. Even though there is no specific Puerto Rican skin tone there is a color that is favoured amongst Puerto Ricans on the island. That color is white. My mother and brother both have a lighter skin complexion than mine, and they both identify

The Cubans who worked on the farms got little from the produce. They felt as if they were working for the foreigner who did not appreciate their efforts. Castro 's movement promised people better returns from their farming efforts; he talked the same language with the masses, and they backed him through the problems and the challenges believing that he was going to do something about it (Guevara, p. 130). He, later on, fulfilled what he had promised during the struggle for liberation.

Caribbean Crucible: History, Culture, and Globalization Kevin A. Yelvington In the present age of globalization, it is often forgotten that these world-encompassing processes were initiated with European expansion into the Caribbean beginning more than five hundred years ago. We now see the proliferation of overseas factories enabling owners, producers, and consumers of products to be in widely distant locales. It seems to us that in the search for profits, commercial activity has recently spread

highlighting African and black identity for artistic inspiration. Prominent writers in this movement include Luis Pales Matos from Puerto Rico and Emillo Ballagas from Cuba. The works of Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen from the 1930's share sentiments with the politics of NEGRITUDE and address issues surrounding the struggle against colonialism. Alejo Carpentier, also of Cuba, achieved recognition with his novels in which he explores the history and sources of Caribbean culture. The English - speaking Caribbean

Salsa has its origin to Cuban son with use of heavy percussions (clave, maracas, conga, bongo, tambores, bato, cowbell – to name a few), then included the marimba, bass, guitar and other African-driven songs instruments. The rhythm has a very simple 1-2-3 sequence. The tempo is

shoulder length pile of sun-kissed waves, kinks, and ringlet ends. Breakage, split ends, dryness, and kinky roots. There is a myriad of textures, some natural, some “chemically enhanced.”  My identity and growth are tied directly to my curly hair; struggles and feelings of uniqueness are woven through each strand. When I realized I had curly hair, everything changed. At 6 years old, I only had the word “poofy” to describe my hair. With no time to spare on my unmanageable mane, my mother would brush-dry

overwhelming support for imperialism in the Caribbeans and Pacific, showing how the nation’s leading media makers—editorialists, cartoonists, filmmakers, photographers, and stage performers—captured the public’s interest in the Cuban crisis with heart-rending depictions of Cuban civilians, particularly women, brutalized by bloodthirsty Spanish pirates. She asserts that “As instruments of persuasion, images communicate differently than words do, reach broader audiences, and may or may not be overly political

Much like Richard Blanco, I too had struggles with finding my identity and finding myself. So mostly this entire book has spoken to me on a different level. I did not go through the same things he has, but they are pretty closely related. Ricky had a hard time identifying who he was and where he came from. Was he Cuban? Was he Spanish? Was he American? Was he all of those in one? I know that struggle all too well. I am from an island in the Caribbean, much like Ricky’s parents. But I am from the

When deciding on a college option, most people choose their colleges based on the size, the location, the majors available and financial aid. I, like those people payed attention to those options, but I, unlike many others, looked for a way to keep whom I was hidden; to continue restraining my curls from breathing. Since an early age, being Dominican, I was taught that to look “presentable” and to feel “beautiful” my curls had to be kept straight, manageable, to iron and suffocate this wild tangle