An Afro‑Cuban awakening: creativity, identity and overlooked history

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]Something starting to tell me that they know who these people are.

[00:00:04]They know who these people are.

[00:00:07]Now I know why the Most High put gave me this situation.

[00:00:13]Because it was supposed to be about an awakening.

[00:00:19]Now I know why.

[00:00:21]These people, man, let me tell you something. This stuff that's going on in these other places, why?

[00:00:30]All this creativity going on in other places is just seems like there's something monumental that's going on and it all goes back to this thing being Afro this and Afro that, Afro-Cuban this, Afro-Cuban that. Even Bomba and Plena is Afro.

[00:00:48]Did y'all know that?

[00:00:53]They're the same people, they're speaking a different language, just like JG said last week. The only thing I knew Cuba for was boxing in the Olympics and wrestling in the Olympics and 1957 Chevy cars still over there and and them floating over here on tubes and rafts trying to get