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Adam Carpinelli, Pan African Studies and Conflict Resolution, Syracuse University, NY

The following investigation examines the transnational identity of the Yoruba in Cuba. The report asks how has Yoruba identity sustained musico-religious culture in the face of consternation. Examples are provided from experiences in socialist Cuba. It is important to understand how Yoruba identity in Cuba is a force for social change as a resistance identity and how this is part of a historical continuum. Other concerns regard the crucial role this has can and will play in the advancement of Pan Africanism.