Songs for freedom, words as power – freedom from Spain, from slavery? Did you know about Chinese immigrants who fled to Cuba, escaping racist attacks in America? They struggled for freedom from unfair indenture alongside enslaved Africans during the days when Cuba sought its independence from Spain – so many stories forgotten, lost, found, retold. … Continue reading On their Lion Island, young people of Cuba dream and rebel, by Margarita Engle (book review)