CALDWELL - Celebrity makeup artist Nydia Cabrera visited students involved in Mount St. Dominic Academy s L.E.O. program to share insights into her entrepreneurial journey on Thursday, Nov. 30.
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…
[Many thanks to Mary Ann Gosser Esquilín for bringing this item to our attention.] Here is a call for papers for “EL MONTE: Narratives, Aesthetics, and Afrodiasporic Spirituality in the Contemporary Caribbean,” which takes place at Rutgers University from November 9 to 10, 2023. The deadline for submission of abstracts in English, Spanish, or Portuguese is August…
“Perro Viejo and the Revindication of the Black Individual,” is a review by Indira Ramírez Elejalde of the new novel by Teresa Cárdenas, Perro viejo. It is a novel that addresses the issue of the slave trade told from the perspective of an old slave who travels to the past and back to the present,…