Montejo provides a firsthand account of slavery in nineteenthcentury cuba the language, religion, music, and customs and describes life in the sugar plantations. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Author barnet, miguel, 1940subjects montejo, esteban, 18601973 fugitive slaves cuba biography slavery cuba. Diese auszeichnung empfing barnet 2004 fur sein langjahriges engagement fur einen deutschkubanischen kulturaustausch. It is subtitled biographie des geflohenen sklaven esteban montejo biography of the runaway slave esteban montejo, and the libretto by hans magnus enzensberger is based on the oral autobiography related in 1963 to miguel barnet by montejo, who. The cimarron in hans werner henzes recital for four musicians, esteban montejo, was born in 1860 and at the age of 104 was interviewed extensively about his life by the cuban ethnologist and writer miguel barnet. Aug 15, 2010 the text is the collaboration between ethnographer miguel barnet and montejo, the result of three years of taperecorded interviews, transcribed, edited and annotated by barnet. Barnets afterword which replaces, albeit partially, his original introduction, in which. In this remarkable testimony, cuban novelist and anthropologist miguel barnet presents the narrative of 105yearold esteban montejo, who lived as a slave, as fugitive in the wilderness, and as a soldier in the cuban war of independence. Montejo provides a firsthand account of slavery in nineteenthcentury cuba the language, religion, music, and customs and describes life in the sugar. Descargar gallego miguel barnet en pdf libros geniales. In 2002, the international book fair was dedicated to. Known as an expert on afrocuban culture, he studied sociology at the university of havana, under fernando ortiz, the pioneer of cuban anthropology. He has investigated different sources of cuban culture, and he was disciple of fernando ortiz.
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