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Podcast – “Cuba and Africa, 1959–1994: Writing an Alternative Atlantic History”

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7 October

Discover more about the relationships between Cuba and Africa in a podcast dedicated to the publication of “Cuba and Africa, 1959–1994: Writing an Alternative Atlantic History”, co-directed by K. Argyriadis, G. Bonacci and A. Delmas. The book was published in 2020 by Wits University Press.

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(Photo: à la Maison de l’Afrique à La Havane, en 2008). © Javier Galeano/AP

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