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Between race and empire

Eleven essays examine the number of ways that African Americans and Cubans have influenced each other, showing how music, poetry, literature, and sports became the means by which the two peoples of color were able to express their uniqueness and develop their parallel race consciousness.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 298 pages

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