Castro, the Blacks, and Africa / Carlos Moore.

By:

Moore, Carlos

Contributor(s):

University of California, Los Angeles. Center for Afro-American Studies

Series: Afro-American culture and society ; v. 8 | Afro-American culture and society ; v. 8.Publication details: Los Angeles : Center for Afro-American Studies, University of California, 1988.Description: xvii, 472 pages : portraits ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0934934320
9780934934329
0934934339
9780934934336

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Castro, the Blacks, and Africa.DDC classification:

972.91/064 19

LOC classification:

F1788.22.C3 M66 1988

Other classification:

71.62
3,6

Contents:

Racial politics in Revolutionary Cuba -- Racial politics and foreign policy -- The plunge into Africa -- The politics of "Afrocastroism" at home and abroad -- The Latin model of race relations.

Summary: From the headline-grabbing stay in Harlem to his first diplomatic trip to Africa, Fidel Castro has made race a key to his foreign policy. Stressing the bonds that link Blacks in the United States and Africa with the more than half of Cuba's population, Castro has used race to embarrass his chief enemy and to cement allies not only with Africa but with the entire Third World. He has turned those alliances into so many bargaining chips to gain power within the Communist bloc. This is not simply a scholarly book; it is a moving book. No one has so capably unveiled the central tragedy of Cuban history, a denial of racism that guarantees it survival. The double drama of Cuba's own history and its foreign policy is a drama painfully, articulately and powerfully presented by Carlos Moore.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-445) and index.

Racial politics in Revolutionary Cuba -- Racial politics and foreign policy -- The plunge into Africa -- The politics of "Afrocastroism" at home and abroad -- The Latin model of race relations.

From the headline-grabbing stay in Harlem to his first diplomatic trip to Africa, Fidel Castro has made race a key to his foreign policy. Stressing the bonds that link Blacks in the United States and Africa with the more than half of Cuba's population, Castro has used race to embarrass his chief enemy and to cement allies not only with Africa but with the entire Third World. He has turned those alliances into so many bargaining chips to gain power within the Communist bloc. This is not simply a scholarly book; it is a moving book. No one has so capably unveiled the central tragedy of Cuban history, a denial of racism that guarantees it survival. The double drama of Cuba's own history and its foreign policy is a drama painfully, articulately and powerfully presented by Carlos Moore.

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