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Format: Paper

276 Pages

Edition: 1st

Year: 2021

Publisher: Diethnes Vima

ISBN: 9786185130176

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Our History Is Still Being Written [Greek]

The Story of Three Chinese Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution

By Armando Choy,  Gustavo Chui,  Mary-Alice Waters,  Moisés Sío Wong, 

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“What was the most important measure to uproot discrimination against Chinese and blacks in Cuba? It was the socialist revolution itself.”Armando Choy, Gustavo Chui, and Moisés Sío Wong—three young rebels of Chinese Cuban ancestry—threw themselves into the great proletarian battle that defined their generation. They became combatants in the clandestine...

“These books are the kind of books historians are always hoping for, but that very rarely see the light of day. Their value for average readers and for scholars cannot be overstressed, for several reasons, the most important being the historical process of reconnecting Cuba and Africa at a time when such reconnecting continues to be fiercely discouraged by the powers-that-be…. In a subdued, almost humble, way, these books can be seen as collective praise for what Cuba has been able to do, not just for specific African countries, but for the majority of humanity resisting the unrelenting assaults of the capitalist system.”

— African Studies Review

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