Message from the Director a.i. from Sub-Saharan Africa division of MINREX (Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs) , Maydolis Sosa Hilton, on the occasion of the start of the Journey for Africa Day to be celebrated on May 25.
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“The Ghanaian poet Atukwei Okai said that Cuba is African and without Cuba Africa cannot be explained; and the fact is that African culture is, without a doubt, an essential component of our identity. This process of symbiosis or transculturation, as Fernando Ortiz called it , has defined the twinning of the African and Cuban peoples throughout history.
Our African heritage is not only reflected in our art, in music, in our skin, but also in our culinary traditions, in the way we dress and even in the courage with which we Cubans assume each project that we consider and each battle that is presented to us.
Cuba breathes Africa. Africa Grows in Cuba.
We are proud to be heirs to the mother continent of humanity. “
