Cuba In Africa film documentary is now part of learning media

www.cubainafrica.com

by César Omar Sánchez, co-chair of The National Network on Cuba

I'm excited and proud to say that the film documentary Cuba In Africa is part of the PBS Learning Media curriculum, for grades 6 to 12 in the United States. That's right! Negash's film will be shown on one of the most noticeable channels in the United States. Read more on PBS

History in the United States has in many ways if not all been whitewashed and misled many Americans in the United States to believe otherwise. For those same reasons, we are thankful we had historians like Howard Zinn, Chalmers Johnson, and many others who were radical and critical of the U.S. Empire. These lectures, essays, and books from past radical scholars gave us the tools to become critical thinkers of both U.S. domestic and foreign policies. When it comes to mainstream media, I think it's safe to say now it is completely biased and feeds the public nothing by toxic propaganda. 

This same toxic and fear-mongering method from mainstream media on Cuba's past history and the current news today is the same indoctrination tactics the U.S. Empire's machine continues to this very day. Here is one example out of many:
  • Cuba was better off under the command of Cuban President Fulgencio Baptista before Fidel Castro's triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959. 
Really? I think by now with access to social media, independent podcasts, and news outlets, we can make the argument and push back on some of these talking points from mainstream media when it comes to Cuba. Even if you were not a supporter of the Cuban Revolution back then till this present day, many will agree that the Cuban Revolution has shown the world what the true definition of Internationalism Solidarity is all about. In the case of Africa, there is an untold dramatic, powerful story that many of us don't know.

The award-winning film documentary, Cuba In Africa, by Negash Abdurahman tells the story of thousands of Cuban soldiers, doctors, and teachers who traveled to the Southern region of Africa to end colonial rule. The courageous leadership of Fidel Castro and the Cubans who fought the war, has shed light on a past history that many Americans don't want you to know. 

I'm reminded of a quote from Professor Linguist Noam Chomsky who once said, "The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for themselves, and who don't know how to be submissive, and so on - because they're dysfunctional to the institutions." (1)

So, let us not continue to buy into the same educational warped history and bias from mainstream media when it comes to Cuba. I encourage anyone reading this to see the film for yourself and make your analysis of the film.





1. Reference: Schools on Trial: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Education Malpractice by Nikhil Goyal


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