...This concluding chapter reflects on the future of Cuban music within an ongoing context of international political tension, noting that the Cuban Revolution helped remind people of their obligations to one another and tried to improve the human experience through the arts. It also emphasizes...

... was the widely admired founder of the house and, until his death, the presiding authority. Despite hostility on the part of the Cuban Revolution, Emilio managed to maintain the Quita Manaquita Briyumba Congo praise house as a vibrant hierarchy of the living in the service of the dead. Bembé...

... making of non-socialist countries, such as the United States, and also studies the Cuban Revolution and the socialist aesthetic principles, which have influenced the motivations of policy makers. The chapter furthermore considers the importance of culture to the new societies that these construct. Castro...

...This book provides an introduction to the most prominent artists and musical styles that have emerged in Cuba since 1959 and to the policies that have shaped artistic life. The author gives readers a chronological overview of the first decades after the Cuban Revolution, documenting the many ways...

..., the author analyzes how the Cold War and the Cuban revolution made the naval base a place devoid of law and accountability. The result is a narrative filled with danger, intrigue, and exploitation throughout the twentieth century. Opening a new window onto the history of U.S. imperialism in the Caribbean...