Dr. Devyn Spence Benson is an Associate Professor of Africana and Latin American Studies and the Chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Davidson College. She is the author of Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution (University of North Carolina Press, 2016).Dr. Karina Alma is an Assistant Professor in the Chicana/o Studies department at the University of California, Los Angeles. She coedited the anthology, U.S. Central Americans: Reconstructing Memories, Struggles and Communities of Resistance (Arizona University Press, 2017).

By opening a much needed window into the lives, voices, and contributions of barely known Afro-Cuban female intellectuals and activists, this compilation makes a singular contribution to Afro-Cuban and to Afro-Latin American Studies. It is precisely from and through authors like those included here that we will be able to rethink the history of Latin America.

• Part One: HistoryLawsuits by Slave Women in Nineteenth Century Cuba / Digna Castañeda FuertesReconstructing Ex-slave Belén Álvarez’s Story / Oilda Hevia LanierWomen of Color in Santiaguera Colonial Society, A Commentary / María Cristina HierrezueloPart Two: ThoughtWomen of Minerva / María del Carmen Barcia ZequeiraGratitude: To My Friends and Colleagues of the Journal Minerva / Úrsula Coimbra de Valverde Black Voices in Favor of the Independent Party of Color / Carmen PiedraOur Ethnic Values / Consuelo Serra What We Are / Inocencía SilveiraThe Black Cuban Woman / Gerardo del ValleBlack Cuban Women and Culture / Catalina Pozo GatoBlack Intelligence / Arabella ÒñaWomen in Santeria or Regla Ocha: Gender, Myths and Reality / Daisy Rubiera CastilloGender and Raciality: An Obligatory Reflection in Contemporary Cuba / Yulexis Almeida JuncoOn Afro-Cuban Women Stereotypes: Construction and Deconstruction of Myths / María Ileana Faguaga IglesiasProposing an Inclusive and Non-sexist Gaz

Dr. Devyn Spence Benson is an Associate Professor of Africana and Latin American Studies and the Chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Davidson College. She is the author of Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution (University of North Carolina Press, 2016).Dr. Karina Alma is an Assistant Professor in the Chicana/o Studies department at the University of California, Los Angeles. She coedited the anthology, U.S. Central Americans: Reconstructing Memories, Struggles and Communities of Resistance (Arizona University Press, 2017).

By opening a much needed window into the lives, voices, and contributions of barely known Afro-Cuban female intellectuals and activists, this compilation makes a singular contribution to Afro-Cuban and to Afro-Latin American Studies. It is precisely from and through authors like those included here that we will be able to rethink the history of Latin America.

• Part One: HistoryLawsuits by Slave Women in Nineteenth Century Cuba / Digna Castañeda FuertesReconstructing Ex-slave Belén Álvarez’s Story / Oilda Hevia LanierWomen of Color in Santiaguera Colonial Society, A Commentary / María Cristina HierrezueloPart Two: ThoughtWomen of Minerva / María del Carmen Barcia ZequeiraGratitude: To My Friends and Colleagues of the Journal Minerva / Úrsula Coimbra de Valverde Black Voices in Favor of the Independent Party of Color / Carmen PiedraOur Ethnic Values / Consuelo Serra What We Are / Inocencía SilveiraThe Black Cuban Woman / Gerardo del ValleBlack Cuban Women and Culture / Catalina Pozo GatoBlack Intelligence / Arabella ÒñaWomen in Santeria or Regla Ocha: Gender, Myths and Reality / Daisy Rubiera CastilloGender and Raciality: An Obligatory Reflection in Contemporary Cuba / Yulexis Almeida JuncoOn Afro-Cuban Women Stereotypes: Construction and Deconstruction of Myths / María Ileana Faguaga IglesiasProposing an Inclusive and Non-sexist Gaz

Dr. Devyn Spence Benson is an Associate Professor of Africana and Latin American Studies and the Chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Davidson College. She is the author of Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution (University of North Carolina Press, 2016).Dr. Karina Alma is an Assistant Professor in the Chicana/o Studies department at the University of California, Los Angeles. She coedited the anthology, U.S. Central Americans: Reconstructing Memories, Struggles and Communities of Resistance (Arizona University Press, 2017).

By opening a much needed window into the lives, voices, and contributions of barely known Afro-Cuban female intellectuals and activists, this compilation makes a singular contribution to Afro-Cuban and to Afro-Latin American Studies. It is precisely from and through authors like those included here that we will be able to rethink the history of Latin America.

• Part One: HistoryLawsuits by Slave Women in Nineteenth Century Cuba / Digna Castañeda FuertesReconstructing Ex-slave Belén Álvarez’s Story / Oilda Hevia LanierWomen of Color in Santiaguera Colonial Society, A Commentary / María Cristina HierrezueloPart Two: ThoughtWomen of Minerva / María del Carmen Barcia ZequeiraGratitude: To My Friends and Colleagues of the Journal Minerva / Úrsula Coimbra de Valverde Black Voices in Favor of the Independent Party of Color / Carmen PiedraOur Ethnic Values / Consuelo Serra What We Are / Inocencía SilveiraThe Black Cuban Woman / Gerardo del ValleBlack Cuban Women and Culture / Catalina Pozo GatoBlack Intelligence / Arabella ÒñaWomen in Santeria or Regla Ocha: Gender, Myths and Reality / Daisy Rubiera CastilloGender and Raciality: An Obligatory Reflection in Contemporary Cuba / Yulexis Almeida JuncoOn Afro-Cuban Women Stereotypes: Construction and Deconstruction of Myths / María Ileana Faguaga IglesiasProposing an Inclusive and Non-sexist Gaz