In the history of the
#revolts against
#slavery, enslaved
#women must not be reduced to the role of passive victims of colonial violence. This is particularly evident in the case of Carlota
#Lucumí, who heroically defended herself against her oppressors with a machete in her hand and is still considered a revolutionary
#symbol of Cuba today.
Long before the Cuban Revolution, the so-called
#Triunvirato #Revolution shaped the history of the island, during which numerous
#slaves rose up against their owners. It was a large movement that took hold of several plantations. For once, the rebellion was led by a woman who is now revered as a hero and
#resistance fighter in
#Cuba:
#Carlota.
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/111826-002-A/stadt-land-kunst/Carlota Lukumi AfroCuban Woman Rebel Leader:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpCLgQKZfBY&ab_channel=LATINEGRAS‘Operation Carlota, Cuba's internationalist
#solidarity mission with the peoples of Angola and
#South Africa, was to last more than 15 years. During this time, more than 330,000 Cubans served in
#Angola to defend the independence and
#freedom and the right of Angola, the
#self-determination of the peoples of southern
#Africa.’
https://www.cubadebate.cu/especiales/2020/11/05/operacion-carlotaThe Cuban Operation Carlota began on 5 November 1975
https://www.counterpunch.org/2015/11/05/cubas-operation-carlota-40-years-later/https://www.cubaperiodistas.cu/2021/05/operacion-carlota/#Cuba#revolucion#OtD#OurHistory
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