This idea of “ruining,” or really, “changing” Cuba, felt condescending and arrogant, erasing the Cuban people from their own narrative. Since the founding of the United States, when Thomas Jefferson’s “candidly confessed[ed]” his desire to colonize the island nation to the moment when Americans “celebrated” Cuba’s independence from Spain—and then proceeded to exploit the country’s …
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Ibeyi – Mama says – liveIbeyi are French-Cuban twins Lisa- Kaindé und Naomi Diaz. They create beautiful music based on their Cuban and Yoruban roots that sounds both really contemporary and timeless. I am enthralled. My first big discovery of the 2015. (found via All Songs Considered)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
CLARITY AND CHAOS 