Translated by David Font-Navarrete, El Monte: Notes on the Religions, Magic, and Folklore of the Black and Creole People of Cuba (Duke University Press Books, May 2023) is the highly anticipated translation of Lydia Cabrera’s foundational study of Afro-Cuban religious practices and traditions. [Cover art features a diptych by Cuban artist José Bedia: “Animal armado y…
Sponsored by FIU’s Cuban Research Institute with the FIU Libraries and the Kimberley Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, David Font-Navarrete (Department of Music, Multimedia, Theater, and Dance, CUNY; Lehman College) will present “Picturing Orisha Music in the Age of Multimedia” on Friday, May 28, 2021, from 2:00 to 3:30pm. Please register for free for…