| Cuba | Lydia Cabrera: ethnologist, author of numerous books on AfroCuban religions | Walterio Carbonell, historian, author of "Cómo se forjó la cultura nacional" |
|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Guillén: poet | Fernando Ortiz: ethnologist, author of numerous books on Afrocuban culture | |
| Reynaldo Peñalber, Havana: journalist - 1999 | ||
| US | Lorenzo Turner, 1890-1972: linguist and africanist, studied Gullah as well as languages in Cuba, Brazil, and Africa | Robert F.Williams, 1925-1996: revolutionary, first president of the Republic of New Africa, ran Radio Free Dixie from Havana |
| Africa | Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) 1941 - 1998: revolutionary, buried in Guinee, strong ties to Cuba |
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