Yoruba from Cuba: Selected Poems of Nicolás Guillén

by Nicolás Guillén

In calling this collection Yoruba from Cuba, a phrase from the poem 'Son N mero 6', the translator, Salvador Ortiz-Carboneres, draws attention to Guill n's pioneering embrace, more than sixty years ago, of an African identity in Cuba.

His selection shows Guill n constantly returning to the theme of race and the historical legacies of slavery in both the Caribbean and the USA. But in poems such as 'Balada de los Dos Abuelos', Guill...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190071597X
• ISBN13: 9781900715973
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"