Little Havana

About to have lunch with participants of PlacemakingUS Group trip. Had my book with me (A History of Little Havana) and showed the regulars of Thumbs up Miami Barber Shop a photo of the shop (and owner Amanda Vargas) that I took in 2011. They wanted a photo with the book!

For I am offering a special walking tour this Friday before our monthly arts & culture festival Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays: A Little Havana Black Heritage Tour. It is just $25 for a 3-hour tour and will feature as a co-host the "Ambassador of Cuban Hip-Hop," or Ariel Fernandez Diaz (who lives in Little Havana). "If you want to know everything about Cuban Hip-Hop, ask him," says Vibe Magazine.

I'm the co-author of "A History of Little Havana" and a cultural anthropologist. We will use Little Havana's landscape and stops at all kinds of places to learn in an interesting, fun and engaging way about the contributions of people of African descent not only to Little Havana's history but Cuban and Latin American history.

Read more and book your tour below. 20 people max on this tour.

Little Havana Black Heritage Tour - Little Havana Guide - Little Havana Tours & Workshops with a... On this three-hour walking tour of Little Havana, I share the many and fascinating ways in which people of African descent helped shape Little Havana’s history and landscape, including sites of memory and local traditions. Through murals and other artworks, monuments, Read More ...

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