Cuba

All of us have heard of . I'd venture many of us also know the 14 th of July - Bastille Day – when the French masses proclaimed ' ' for all the world to hear.

It was 1965 in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. had been set up there for a few years working as a journalist. It was a long way from her birthplace in St Louis (Missouri), but she enjoyed life in Africa.

The Cuban tradition of anticolonialism came late, but strong Lieutenant Maceo's cavalry charge during the Battle of Ceja del Negro Cuba was exceptional during the 1890s.

At a time when imperialism and racism were widely accepted, Cubans fashioned a different form of politics that was both anticolonial and egalitarian.