#BlackLiberation Activist Assata Shakur Dies in Cuba ['Cuba in Context' - weekly newsletter]

[from Cuba In Context - weekly newsletter of the #BellyOfTheBeast news/video collective]

#AntiRacist icon #AssataShakur, who lived in exile in Cuba for decades, has died at the age of 78. We hear from three #AfroCuban women who knew her and were inspired by her life and legacy.

Also in this week's newsletter:

• Watch how #Cuba's organic urban gardens feed neighborhoods
• Miami artists targeted over Cuba trip
• Inside our latest film screening in New York City
• Cuba wins second straight Youth "Baseball5" World Championship
• #US says blockade is a lie – while it ramps up sanctions
• #Trump to send more money for regime change in Cuba?

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#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity #AntiRacist
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean #sports
#news #politics #USpol #BlackMastodon

MC Gringo – Gringão
MCグリンゴ

A1. Abertura
A2. 1 Real
A3. Alemão
A4. Pula Com Os Cuecas
B1. Berimbal
B2. Dança Do Gringo
B3. Perninha Depilada
B4. Arrastão (Euromix)

#afrocuban #favelafunk

https://monumental-movement.jp/MC-Gringo-Gringao/

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Cheikh Lô – Maame

https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheikh-lo-maame-2025/

Celebrating 50 years in music, Cheikh Lô returns in 2025 with his brand-new album “Maame.”After a decade long wait since his last studio album, the Senegalese legend returns.
Named after his spiritual guide Maame Massamba Ndiaye, the album is not only a tribute but a spiritual and political offering. [...]

#AfroCuban #Blues #LiveMusic #Mbalax #Salsa #Senegal

Ali & Toumani – Sabu Yerkoy

https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-toumani-sabu-yerkoy/

“Sabu Yerkoy” was the second single released in 2010 by Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté on their “Ali and Toumani” album. As in other tracks on this album, the bass is played by the great Cuban artist Orlando “Cachaíto” López. Ali had been playing this song since the ’60s. It’s his take on Cuban […]

#AfroCuban #Cuba #Kora #Mali #Folk

Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra

https://amf.didiermary.fr/symmetric-orchestra-toumani-diabate/

Toumani Diabaté‘s Symmetric Orchestra released “Boulevard de l’Indépendance” in 2006.

Nick Gold and the World Circuit team started recording a three-part series called “The Hotel Mandé Sessions,” at Bamako, Mali’s Hotel Mandé.
In July 2006, after “In the Heart of the Moon” and “Savane,” [...]

#AfroCuban #BurkinaFaso #CoteDIvoire #Guinea #Kora #Mali #Ngoni #Senegal #Global