Drumming Up the Black Vote
Drumming Up the Black Vote
Chambelonas and Cuban Electoral Politics in José Zacarías Tallet's “Quintín Barahona”
This chapter permits a look into the controversial history of the political comparsas connected with Cuba's Liberal Party politicians, which came to be known as chambelonas. The chapter studies the poem “Quintín Barahona” composed by José Zacarías Tallet, which openly criticizes the sociopolitical dilemma of Afro-Cubans. It is a rare example of an afrocubanista poem whose substantial issues outweigh stereotypical images of blacks and their cultural traditions.
Keywords: political comparsas, Cuba's Liberal Party, chambelonas, Afro-Cubans, Quintín Barahona, José Zacarías Tallet, afrocubanista poem, blacks, cultural traditions
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