Given the proximity of Africa Day, the coming May 25, several Cuban researchers founded this Saturday in the San Severino Castle, Museum of the Slavery Route, the Rogelio Martínez Furé Chair for the study of the work and legacy of the outstanding Cuban intellectual.
“For Matanzas, where Martínez Furé was born, the work of this renowned intellectual is very important, who allowed us to know the different sides of the rumba, revealed his experiences in the Simpson neighborhood, a key stage for the development of these demonstrations, and delved into Yoruba and the roots that come to us from Africa”, said Isabel Hernández Campos, director of the institution.
The prominent intellectual Rogelio Martínez Furé dies in Havana
“The work of Martínez Furé reaches great relevance in this territory, a transcendental slave-owning center in colonial times, with an abundant and varied African legacy; With his contributions, he revealed little-explored edges of this religion that are part of the nation’s cultural heritage and that today we reaffirm with the creation of the Chair that bears his name,” he added.
The initiative adds to several of the tributes that have been made in Matanzas to the 2015 National Literature Award.
The creation of this new forum was attended by the researcher and writer Heriberto Feraudy; Alberto Granados, director of the Casa de África Museum, and specialists, professors, visual artists, and scholars on issues related to African heritage and transculturation.
