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Cubans are online and hustling despite restrictions and censorship

Finding imaginative ways to get online — Access to the internet in Cuba is heavily restricted, and not available in people's homes. Zenaida, however, found an imaginative way to get online, and then she started hustling.

  • Culture
  • Catherine Hickey

The Cuban musicians you need to be checking out right now

Put 'em on your iPod, Barack — As part of Huck's Cuba Week, looking at the rebels, punks, artists and creatives at the heart of Havana and beyond, we've thrown together a playlist of the Cuban musicians you really ought to be listening to. Impress all your friends by checking them out first.

  • Music
  • Adam White

The female pioneers driving Cuba’s emerging skate scene

Amiga Skate — Skating in Cuba is still a huge challenge that requires dedication and hustle. Director Amberly Alene Ellis’ new documentary profiles Cuba’s female skaters, pushing through obstacles even bigger than for their male counterparts.

  • Skate
  • Alex King

Cebe Loomis takes an analogue adventure across Cuba

My Life In Analogue — In Cebe’s hands, the photograph becomes a way to learn how people live in societies around the world and reveal how their socioeconomic context is reflected through their lives. Here Cebe goes on an analogue adventure across Cuba.

  • My Life in Analogue
  • Alex King

Gilles Peterson documentary explores the pounding rumba beat of Cuba’s dancefloors

Rumba Sessions - La Clave — Musical explorer Gilles Peterson’s search for the perfect beat takes him to Cuba, where rooftop parties and impromptu jam sessions shake to the unmistakeable rhythms of Afro-Cuban rumba.

  • Music
  • Alex King

Meet the cyclists and mechanics rebuilding Cuban bike culture against the odds

Pedalling into a new era — In our first story from The Commuter Journal – a cycling paper made by Huck and Levi’s® Commuter™ – we explore the booming bike revolution in Cuba, a country in the throes of change.

  • Bike
  • Graham Sowa

How respecting the light helped Mario Algaze understand Latin America

A life without flash — Mario Algaze has shot everything from Mick Jagger to civil unrest in Argentina during the 1970s. And he's never once used flash.

  • Why I do what I do
  • Alex Taylor

Cuba’s shining light Daymé Arocena is ready to take centre stage

Mystery, mythology and music — Guided by her Santería saints Yemaya and Ochún, nothing can stop Cuba’s bright young talent Daymé Arocena.

  • Music
  • Alex King

Gilles Peterson goes to the heart of Cuba’s thumping rumba scene

Roots of club culture — Afro-Cuban rumba’s pumping rhythms have influenced house, hip hop, jazz and beyond. Musical explorer Gilles Peterson followed the rumba beat all the way to Havana for new new album and documentary that explores the genre’s huge impact.

  • Music
  • Natalie Howard

From Paris to Havana, Ibeyi take beats from the past to create prayers for the future

Yoruba soul — Fiery twin sisters Ibeyi tap into their Cuban roots to create powerful contemporary spirituals.

  • Top Picks
  • Osia Katsidou

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