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Christiane Taubira: ELLE’s Woman of the Year – Repeating Islands
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News and commentary on Caribbean culture, literature, and the arts. December 1, 2013. Christiane Taubira: ELLE’s Woman of the Year. Her appearance on the front cover of Elle. Comes after the right-wing magazine Minute. Put her on the cover alongside the slogan ‘clever as a monkey’ and ‘ Taubira retrouve la banane. Magazine, Taubira spoke about recent racist attacks against her, saying that I stick up for what I believe; the morals that inspire my commitments divide and create disagreements. For main arti...
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Cuban-Americans Stream to the Island for Holidays – Repeating Islands
https://repeatingislands.com/2011/12/24/cuban-americans-stream-to-the-island-for-holidays
News and commentary on Caribbean culture, literature, and the arts. December 24, 2011. Cuban-Americans Stream to the Island for Holidays. Thousands of Cuban-Americans head for Cuba to celebrate the holidays, the Associated Press reports. Deborah Labrada was giddy as she stood in line at Miami-Dade International Airport, waiting to fly to the town of Guantanamo, Cuba. Labrada said Monday she didn’t appreciate the effort to restore the old restriction. Many Cuban-Americans, like Labrada have already been t...
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Bebo Valdés, Cuban Music Giant, Dies at 94 – Repeating Islands
https://repeatingislands.com/2013/03/23/bebo-valdes-cuban-music-giant-dies-at-94
News and commentary on Caribbean culture, literature, and the arts. March 23, 2013. Bebo Valdés, Cuban Music Giant, Dies at 94. The pioneering musician was a founder of Latin jazz, as Judy Cantor-Navas reports in this article for Billboard. The news has been reported widely and tributes have been pouring in. I have added links to a number of reports/obituaries at the end of this article. Born Ramon Valdés in the village of Quivican, at 17, Valdés left for Havana to study at the Conservatory. In 1948,...
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Guadeloupe’s ÎloJazz Festival 2013 – Repeating Islands
https://repeatingislands.com/2013/12/07/guadeloupes-ilojazz-festival-2013
News and commentary on Caribbean culture, literature, and the arts. December 7, 2013. December 7, 2013. Guadeloupe’s ÎloJazz Festival 2013. The sponsor of the festival is none other than Marcus Miller, who just completed his “Renaissance Tour” and has been named UNESCO’s Artist for Peace. The well-known bassist knows Guadeloupe well and has already been on the island in the past; he is happy to return to close the festival at Victory Square (Sunday, December 15 at 9:00pm). For original article (in French...
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Caribbean-American Heritage Month and the U.S. Census Bureau – Repeating Islands
https://repeatingislands.com/2013/06/12/caribbean-american-heritage-month-and-the-u-s-census-bureau
News and commentary on Caribbean culture, literature, and the arts. June 12, 2013. Caribbean-American Heritage Month and the U.S. Census Bureau. How Many of Caribbean Ancestry in the United States? 27 million is the estimated U.S. population of West Indian ancestry. Some of the largest West Indian ancestry groups in the United States include:. Jamaican (1.0 million). Trinidadian and Tobagonian (196,000). US Virgin Islander (17,000). Puerto Rican (4.9 million). Cuban (1.9 million). Click to share on Linke...
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Cuba ready for golfing revolution – Repeating Islands
https://repeatingislands.com/2011/02/22/cuba-ready-for-golfing-revolution
News and commentary on Caribbean culture, literature, and the arts. February 22, 2011. Cuba ready for golfing revolution. Under Fidel Castro’s rule, golf was all but eliminated in Cuba, but the bourgeois sport of the West is poised for a comeback on the communist-run island, as CNN reports. But over half a century later, a more relaxed political regime and a hunger for the tourism dollar is set to transform Cuba into an unlikely golfing hotspot for Western travelers. Esencia is part of that vision. I...
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Cuba Organizes First Sea Turtle Festival – Repeating Islands
https://repeatingislands.com/2012/03/27/cuba-organizes-first-sea-turtle-festival
News and commentary on Caribbean culture, literature, and the arts. March 27, 2012. Cuba Organizes First Sea Turtle Festival. Reports that Cuba is organizing the first festival dedicated to the sea turtles, to be held in mid-May near their nesting sites in La Coloma fishing community in western Cuba. Three sea turtle species–the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), the caguama (Caretta caretta) and carey (Eretmochelys imbricata)–nest and lay their eggs in May-September at San Felipe Cays National P...Cayo Real...
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The Black Jacobins Revisited: Rewriting History Conference – Repeating Islands
https://repeatingislands.com/2013/08/08/the-black-jacobins-revisited-rewriting-history-conference
News and commentary on Caribbean culture, literature, and the arts. August 8, 2013. The Black Jacobins Revisited: Rewriting History Conference. The Black Jacobins Revisited: Rewriting History Conference will take place on October 27 28, 2013, at the International Slavery Museum and Bluecoat Arts Centre in Liverpool, England. [For. Full description, see previous post Call for Papers: The Black Jacobins Revisited Rewriting History. There will also be a reading of extracts. Click to share on Reddit (Opens i...
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In the Dominican Republic, the Catholic Church Speaks Decries Violence against Women – Repeating Islands
https://repeatingislands.com/2012/09/05/in-the-dominican-republic-the-catholic-church-speaks-decries-violence-against-women
News and commentary on Caribbean culture, literature, and the arts. September 5, 2012. In the Dominican Republic, the Catholic Church Speaks Decries Violence against Women. The president himself has spoken about this as the main problem facing the country and the Church has expressed concern about on the problem of violence against women on several occasions. Both religious leaders called for a review of public policies to stop this serious social problem. They see crimes against women as a terri...Click...
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Review of “Maroon Lives” and “Revolution as Poetic Inspiration” – Repeating Islands
https://repeatingislands.com/2013/11/24/review-of-maroon-lives-and-revolution-as-poetic-inspiration
News and commentary on Caribbean culture, literature, and the arts. November 24, 2013. Review of Maroon Lives and Revolution as Poetic Inspiration. Jacqueline Sample asks, When is art revolutionary? Why does it appear, at critical times, that there is an irresistible attraction between the work of artists and revolutionaries? How do nature and humanity inspire and benefit from art, literature, and revolution? By Fabian Adekunle Badejo. The aspects of Maroon Lives that do celebrate life and hope are enhan...
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