Yoruba from Cuba: Selected Poems of Nicolás Guillén (paperback)

Yoruba from Cuba: Selected Poems of Nicolás Guillén (paperback)In calling this collection Yoruba from Cuba, a phrase from the poem 'Son Nmero 6', the translator, Salvador Ortiz Carboneres, draws attention to Guilln's pioneering embrace, more than sixty years ago, of an African identity in Cuba. His selection shows Guilln constantly returning to the theme of race and the historical legacies of slavery in both the Caribbean and the USA. But in poems such as 'Balada de los Dos Abuelos', Guilln is also seen stressing

and extends the scope of Ifa studies in a new and original way…the author displays deep familiarity with indigenous sources

the acclaimed essayist pens a probing panorama of the spiritual life of African people

and black diaspora history during the Jim Crow era

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