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About the Author:
John Ziff, a freelance writer and editor, has long been interested in Latin
American history and culture. He lives outside Philadelphia.
Picture Credits:
courtesy Equality Forum: 60, 64; Everett Collection: 13;
Granma
: 37; cour-
tesy Cristina García,
www.cristinagarcianovelist.com: 67; Library of Congress: 8, 30 (top), 42,
44; used under license from Shutterstock, Inc.: 6, 54; AVKost / Shutterstock.com: 51; Lester
Balajadia / Shutterstock.com: 3; Alex Churilov / Shutterstock.com: 49; DayOwl /
Shutterstock.com: 16; Deatonphotos / Shutterstock.com: 36; DrMadra / Shutterstock.com: 45;
Emkaplin / Shutterstock.com: 57; Gil.K / Shutterstock.com: 76; Kamira / Shutterstock.com:
11, 66, 72; LunaseeStudios / Shutterstock.com: 30 (bottom); MarkauMark / Shutterstock.com:
48; Neftali / Shutterstock.com: 14; Matyas Rehak / Shutterstock.com: 52, 53, 71; Simonovstas
/ Shutterstock.com: 1; The Visual Explorer / Shutterstock.com: 34; Tran Tri Hai Yen /
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Commons: 26, 29, 33, 38.
See also
fiction
Pogolotti, Marcelo, 47–48
political themes, 16–17, 20–21–22, 66, 68
in art, 46, 56–57
Ponce, Fidelio, 50
pop art, 57
¿Por Qué?
(Cabrera), 26
Portocarrero, René, 51
Premio Princesa de Asturias prize, 40
Prieto, Wilfredo, 58–59
primitivism, 42, 46, 48
race, 6, 10
and the Afro-Cubanism movement,
12–16
and art, 46, 49
and Yoruba people, 14–15, 26–27
El reino de este mundo
(Carpentier), 31, 32
research projects, 23, 41, 59, 69
Rodríguez, Dagoberto, 58
Rodríguez, Mariano, 51
San Alejandro (Escuela Nacional de
Bellas Artes), 43,
45
, 46, 50
sculpture,
42
, 51–53, 55, 58
“Self-Portrait of the Other” (Padilla),
22–23
slavery,
13
, 14, 31, 35–36
socialist realism, 56–57
Soldevilla, Loló, 56
Sóngoro Cosongo
(Guillén), 16
Soviet Union, 56–57
Spain, 7, 8–10, 12, 19, 35
and the Cervantes Prize, 20, 27
Speech
(Prieto), 58–59
surrealism, 42, 46, 48–49
Ten Years’ War, 8–9
testimonio
, 35–37, 39
tourism, 58
Tres tristes tigres
(Cabrera Infante), 34
UNEAC (Cuban Union of Writers and
Artists), 17, 21,
37
, 56, 62
Vanguardia (artists), 45–50, 53
second generation of the, 50–51,
53–55
La vida real
(Barnet), 39
Vidal, Antonio, 55
Vista del amanecer en el trópico
(Cabrera
Infante), 35
Waiting for Snow in Havana
(Eire), 64–66
West Indies Ltd.
(Guillén), 16
Wyant, Lisa, 28
Yoruba people, 14–15, 26–27