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Issue 6 – July 2015 | Moko
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Issue 6 – July 2015. Cover art by Lucien Downes. From April 29 to May 3,. Issue 6, Cuban painter Carlos Estevez shares with us “. An arresting series of works that call to mind both da Vinci’s sketches and the gnosticism of Jorge Luis Borges’s fictions. GA Gardner of Trinidad uses his most recent collages to reconcile the universal aims of abstraction with his interest in exploring cultural identity. We are also pleased to feature Sharif El Gammal-Ortiz’s review of the recent documentary. Continues to br...
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Cuban-Americans Stream to the Island for Holidays – Repeating Islands
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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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Guadeloupe’s ÎloJazz Festival 2013 – Repeating Islands
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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
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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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About | Currents of the Black Atlantic | Co-sponsored by: the English Ph.D. Program of the Graduate Center, CUNY; Revolutionizing American Studies; Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas & the Caribbean; CUNY Doctoral Students C
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Currents of the Black Atlantic. Co-sponsored by: the English Ph.D. Program of the Graduate Center, CUNY; Revolutionizing American Studies; Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean; CUNY Doctoral Students Council; Advanced Research Collaborative. February 18, 2014. Currents of the Black Atlantic. 2014 ESA Conference, The Graduate Center, CUNY. Thursday, March 13, 2014 and Friday, March 14, 2014. David Scott, Columbia University. Sibylle Fischer, New York University.
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Cuba ready for golfing revolution – Repeating Islands
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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
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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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February | 2014 | Currents of the Black Atlantic
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Currents of the Black Atlantic. Co-sponsored by: the English Ph.D. Program of the Graduate Center, CUNY; Revolutionizing American Studies; Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean; CUNY Doctoral Students Council; Advanced Research Collaborative. Monthly Archives: February 2014. February 18, 2014. Currents of the Black Atlantic. 2014 ESA Conference, The Graduate Center, CUNY. Thursday, March 13, 2014 and Friday, March 14, 2014. David Scott, Columbia University.
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