Reyita
eBook - PDF

Reyita

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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eBook - PDF

Reyita

About this book

The life story of a black woman born in 1902 in Cuba, her life spanning the best part of the 20th century. Through her detailed memory of her ancestors, of her still enslaved grandmother, as much as of her own life and times, she gives a portrait of being black and female in Cuba. The book seeks to encapsulate the spirit of her time, and embodies the challenges of many others as she overcomes her poverty, the humiliations suffered because of her race, and the difficulties created by her gender. Based on interviews with Reyita, and archival research, the book is a testimony which deals with all the intimate and public events in the life of this woman of extraordinary determination, who shares with us her religious faith, her sustaining love for her numerous family and her ability to work hard for her independence.

Information

Publisher
LAB (Latin America Bureau)
Year
2000
eBook ISBN
9781909013414
Subtopic
Global Development Studies
Chapter 
I 
Rocking 
in 
the 
wicker 
chair, 
a 
tumult 
of 
memories 
come: 
long 
dead 
sorrows, 
joys, 
ideas; 
the 
present 
fades, 
and 
the 
ocean 
grows, 
when 
the 
suns 
and 
moons 
of 
memory 
flash 
on 
your 
inward 
ey~ 
White 
hair, 
black 
skin. 
Who 
am 
I? 
I 
am 
Reyita, 
a 
regular, 
ordinary 
person. 
A 
natural 
person, 
respectful, 
helpful, 
decent, 
affectionate 
and 
very 
independent. 
For 
my 
mother, 
it 
was 
an 
embarrassment, 
that 
I 
-
of 
her 
four 
daughters 
-was 
the 
only 
black 
one. 
I 
always 
felt 
the 
difference 
between 
us, 
because 
she 
didn't 
have 
as 
much 
affection 
for 
me 
as 
she 
did 
for 
my 
sisters. 
She 
rebuked 
me 
in 
hurtful 
ways 
and 
was 
always 
saying: 
'that 
black 
one, 
that 
jocicua.'2 
I 
always 
felt 
she 
rejected 
me. 
I 
was 
the 
victim 
of 
terrible 
discrimination 
on 
my 
mother's 
part. 
And 
if 
you 
add 
what 
was 
then 
the 
case 
in 
Cuba, 
you 
can 
understand 
why 
I 
never 
wanted 
a 
black 
husband. 
I 
had 
good 
reason, 
you 
know. 
I 
didn't 
want 
to 
have 
children 
as 
black 
as 
me, 
so 
that 
no 
one 
would 
look 
down 
on 
them, 
no 
one 
would 
harass 
and 
humiliate 
them. 
Oh, 
God 
only 
knows 
... 
! 
I 
didn't 
want 
my 
children 
to 
suffer 
what 
I'd 
had 
to 
suffer. 
That's 
why 
I 
21 

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Chapter 1
  7. Chapter 2
  8. Chapter 3
  9. Chapter 4
  10. Footnotes
  11. Further Reading

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