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Queens of Havana

by Alicia Castro · 2007

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Alicia Castro was born in 1920 in Havana, Cuba ... playing with her sisters in their band, Anacaona ... her memoir of the band emerged from countless conversations with her niece, Ingrid Kummels (the daughter of Anacaona's drummer, Millo) and Manfred Schafer.

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adult
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long · 400 pages

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