AfroAtenAs––where life, culture and tradition converge
By YUNIELIS MOLINER Translated By KAREN JUANITA CARRILLO Taked from http://amsterdamnews.com/ A decade has passed since San Ignacio Street––located between…
Fermina Gómez Pastrana, the curious and forgotten story of the first Cuban santera to deliver the secret of Olokun
Taken from CubaCute By: Laritza Sánchez The story I bring you today is not only interesting, but also characteristic, identitarian…
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On November 18, 2019, at 2:00 pm, the photographic exhibition “Toxic Erotic Games of Violence” will be inaugurated at the…
Retrospective exploratory study on homophobic and transphobic violence in the school career of Cuban LGBT activists
Homophobic and transphobic violence in the school setting is a problem that affects students, their families and teachers and interferes…
Con/texto Magazine
Today we bring you the interview with a Mexican activist who shares with us her experience in one of the…
PrEP, the pill that prevents HIV infection with more than 90% effectiveness
Reducing the risk of contagion of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) by more than 90%, in a preventive manner, is…
Community work promotes equity in the face of covid-19
The Afroatenas project, in the city of Matanzas, joins local and citizen initiatives that support vulnerable groups in the midst…
Ibero-American and African Network of Masculinities. Cuba.
By: Yonnier Angulo Rodríguez. The Ibero-American and African Network of Masculinities had as a background the workshops for Non-Violence and…
Black woman, Cuban, graduate in Journalism… Yunielis Moliner Isasi tells her experience during the period of confrontation with Covid 19. Stories of Afrodescendant Women in her Journey.
When Cuba declared on March 11 that three of the four tourists isolated on suspicion of covid-19 tested positive for…
Yoamaris Neptuno Domínguez, coordinator of the Articulación Juvenil por la Equidad Social del Centro Oscar Arnulfo Romero (OAR) talks about the Articulación Juvenil x la Equidad Social and her experiences as a black woman… Stories of Afrodescendant Women in her Journey
The Articulación Juvenil x la Equidad Social seeks to provide diverse young people in areas of study and work with…
Tania de la Oz Terry, a 77 year old black and lesbian woman, self-employed, shares her story during the confrontation with Covid 19 and her future aspirations. Stories of Afro-descendant Women on their journey.
During these months I was working all the time in a Catholic church, on alternate days. My isolation was moderate…
Silvia Alderete, a black woman of extraordinary energy, known in Cárdenas as “Guillén’s girlfriend” for having made the life and work of Cuba’s National Poet known and appreciated in every corner of that city… Stories of Women of African Descent in her Journey
For some, being born in the countryside in the 1940s was a misfortune, even more so if one combines the…
Mel Herrera, student of Accounting and Finance at the University of Havana, trans activist for the rights of the LGBTI community and women, interested in issues of gender, afro-feminism, anti-racism and intersectionality. Stories of Afro-descendant Women in her Journey.
Without a doubt, a strength has been this kind of resistance that is forged in us from early ages, almost…
Woman, black and with a special voice that has cultivated the world of trova in Morón… Lien Piloto tells us about her lessons learned during the confrontation with the Covid-19, her appreciations and personal experiences. Stories of Afrodescendant Women in their Journey.
I agree when it is said that black women have shown resistance, that is in the nature of the black,…
Dora Inés Jorrín Carrera, leader of the Atelier VCG (Dress with Taste) initiative, tells us about her lessons learned during the pandemic and her experience with the Akokán project in Los Pocitos… Stories of Afrodescendant Women in her Journey.
During the pandemic I have learned true solidarity, true friendship. I have learned from my family, as they have learned…
Julie E. Perez Vives. Project “We take it to the curl”. Stories of Afrodescendant Women in their Journey.
WHAT DOES AFRICA’S HERITAGE ADD TO YOUR STATUS AS A CUBAN WOMAN?That’s a nice question. The answer is obvious to…
