Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir

Moore, Carlos; foreword by Maya Angelou

ISBN 10: 1556527675 / ISBN 13: 9781556527678

Published by Chicago: Lawrence Hill/Chicago Review Press, 2008

About this Item

1st printing, with full number line. Book appears unread; dust jacket shows just a hint of edgewear. Inscribed by Carlos Moore on title page to Colin Johnson, the grandson of Maya Angelou, who wrote the foreword. Moore is best known for his Fela biography; 'Pichon' is one of his more uncommon titles and comparatively scarce signed. A fascinating presentation copy as well. 395 pages + photos.

Seller Inventory # 7680

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro's Cuba: A Memoir
• Publisher: Chicago: Lawrence Hill/Chicago Review Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556527675
• ISBN 13: 9781556527678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics
  • Race

About this title

Synopsis

Revolutionary black nationalist Carlos Moore breaks three decades of silence to challenge Castro’s legacy in this controversial, behind-the-scenes memoir that explores the Revolution from a perspective of a pichón, the racist Cuban term for a black of Haitian or West Indian descent. After more than thirty years in exile, continually under the threat of retribution from the Cuban regime, Moore steps forward to reveal the truth: Fidel’s Revolution was a success for white Marxists. But for Cuban blacks, the Revolution was basically business as usual, a cover-up of their ongoing struggle for racial, political, and social enfranchisement. Fidel Castro and his men rose from the ranks of the patriarchal, white Spanish-Cuban elite, and the Revolution did not weaken those ties.

About the Author

Carlos Moore is an international writer and the author of books in several languages. Formerly a senior lecturer at the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, and a visiting professor at Florida International University, Miami, he is an honorary research fellow in the UWI School for Graduate Studies and Research, Kingston, Jamaica. Moore resides in Brazil with his family, where he devotes his time to writing and research on race.