#afro cuban
De Cierta Manera (One Way or Another)-1977. Directed by Sara Gómez.
https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/7484
De Cierta Manera (One Way or Another). 1977. Directed by Sara Gómez | MoMA
The Gangá-Longobá are an Afro-Cuban ethnic group who were brought to Cuba via the transatlantic slave trade. For almost 200 years, they’ve continued to practice African traditions, including ceremonial songs and dances.
After a researcher showed recordings of their songs and dances across Sierra Leone, the Gangá-Longobá found their roots: a remote village had the exact same songs and dances. In 2013, after travel restrictions were lifted in Cuba, a group of Gangá-Longobá people traveled to the village to meet their distant relatives. “We are not so alone anymore,” Alfredo Duquesne, a Gangá-Longobá man said, “To finally know where you come from and how you came from there. That’s divine.”
In this photograph, the Gangá-Longobá and their relatives celebrate meeting in Sierra Leone. For more on the Gangá-Longobá and their reunion, check out the documentary They Are We.
Post link
