Reyita: Life of Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century 1902-1997

by Anne McLean and Daisy Rubiera Castillo

The life story of a black woman born in 1902 in Cuba, her life spanning the best part of the 20th century. Through her detailed memory of her ancestors, of her still enslaved grandmother, as much as of her own life and times, she gives a portrait of being black and female in Cuba. The book seeks to encapsulate the spirit of her time, and embodies the challenges of many others as she overcomes her poverty, the humiliations suffered because of her race,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1899365346
• ISBN13: 9781899365340
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Latin America Bureau (Lab)
• Length: 192 Pages