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VOL. 21

Black is Beautiful: Photographs on the Hip Hop and Natural Hair Movements in Cuba Today

Amberly Alene Eillis-Rodriguez

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Figure 1. Alexey.el tipo este.of the hip hop duo OBSESION performing at the Rhythm, Love, and Poetry festival in Havana, Cuba 2019.

Figure 1. Alexey.el tipo este.of the hip hop duo OBSESION performing at the Rhythm, Love, and Poetry festival in Havana, Cuba 2019.

Figure 2. DJ Drew, an influential DJ in Havana’s new electronic music performing at Fabrica del Arte Cubano, Havana, Cuba 2019.

Figure 2. DJ Drew, an influential DJ in Havana’s new electronic music performing at Fabrica del Arte Cubano, Havana, Cuba 2019.

Figure 3. Magia Lopez Cabrera of the Hip Hop Duo OBSESION PERFORMING at the Rythm, Love, and Poetry festival in Havana, Cuba 2019.

Figure 3. Magia Lopez Cabrera of the Hip Hop Duo OBSESION PERFORMING at the Rythm, Love, and Poetry festival in Havana, Cuba 2019.

Figure 4.  MC Damarys Beavides at Hip Hestival in Artemisa, Cuba 2019.

Figure 4. MC Damarys Beavides at Hip Hestival in Artemisa, Cuba 2019.

Figure 5.  Natural stylists of the Barber Street project in the annual Hip Hop Festival. Artemisa, Cuba 2019.

Figure 5. Natural stylists of the Barber Street project in the annual Hip Hop Festival. Artemisa, Cuba 2019.

Figure 6. Annia Liz de Armas, Natural Care Activist in the Collective, Lo Llevamos rizo (We wear our hair curly) Havana, Cuba 2019.

Figure 6. Annia Liz de Armas, Natural Care Activist in the Collective, Lo Llevamos rizo (We wear our hair curly) Havana, Cuba 2019.

Figure 7.  Young Man with natural Hair at Hip Hop Festival in Artemia, Cuba 2019.

Figure 7. Young Man with natural Hair at Hip Hop Festival in Artemia, Cuba 2019.

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