AFROCUBAN RELIGION’S “NEW MAN.” By A. Panagiotopoulos and D. Espírito Santo

Anastasios Panagiotopoulos and Diana Espírito Santo
Tue, 11 Apr 2017 03:01:50 +0000
Religion, Afro Cuba, Fidel Castro, religion

Fidel Castro’s death in November sparked questions about the relationship between religiosity and the state. The Cuban Revolution unleashed at least two decades of repression and condescension aimed at religious communities generally, and the Afro-Cuban religions in particular. Yet, many in the Afro-Cuban religious population understood the Revolutionary leaders to be drawing their power from …