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Review 52: The African Presence in Latin American Literature and Arts

Essays on the African influence in Latin American literature.

Lydia Cabrera: A Pioneer "El Socorro Lake," by Lydia Cabrera. From "Orfeu da Conceiçao" by Vinicus da Moraes. "Changó, the Baddest Dude" by Manuel Zapata Olivella. Fiction by Antonio Benítez-Rojo, Gregorio Martínez, José Almánzar Alcántara. Poetry by Alexis Gomez Rosa, Nancy Morejón, Mayra Santos. José Bedia: Postmodern Kongo Art. Héctor Méndez-Caratini: Gagá and Vodun in the Dominican Republic. Fiction by José Donoso and Cristina Peri Rossi. Reflections on the Post-Boom by Mempo Giardinelli. The Photographs of Mariana Yamplosky.

 

 

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