Preface Yara González Montes -- Prefacio Yara González Montes -- Introduction Armando González-Pérez -- Introducción Armando González-Pérez -- Mother Africa and cultural memory: Nancy Morejón, Georgina Herrera, Excilia Saldaña Catherine Davies -- Madre África y la memoria cultural: Nancy Morejón, Georgina Herrera, Excilia Saldaña Catherine Davies translated from the original English by Belén S. Castañeda -- The politics of aesthetics in the poetry of Nancy Morejón William Luis -- La politica de lo estético en la poesia de Nancy Morejón William Luis translated from the original in English by the author with the collaboration of Marta Lesme Albis -- Matter and object in Georgina Herrera Olympia B. González translated from the original Spanish by the author -- Materia y objeto en Georgina Herrera Olympia B. González -- Excilia Saldaña: two legacies, one poetics Mariela A. Gutiérrez translated from the original Spanish by the author with the collaboration of Mariana B. Jardin and Ernesto Bonilla -- Excilia Saldaña: dos legados, una poética Mariela A. Gutiérrez -- Excilia Saldaña Molina and her manner of making "Pataki" Alicia E. Vadillo translated from the original Spanish by Rebecca Curtis -- Recordando a Excilia Saldaña Molina y su manera de hacer "el nuevo Pataki" Alicia E. Vadillo -- Itinerary of Pura del Prado's Afrocuban poetry Armando González-Pérez translated from the original Spanish by the author with the collaboration of Jill González-Pérez -- Itinerario de la poesía afrocubana de Pura del Prado Armando González-Pérez -- Epic, Blackness and Cuban reality: En el vientre del trópico, by Alina Galliano Jesús J. Barquet translated from the original Spanish by Jeff Longwell and revised by the author -- Épica, negrismo y actualidad cubana: En el vientre del trópico, de Alina Galliano Jesús J. Barquet -- Eusebia Cosme: life, literary canon and racial identity Jorge Rodríguez-Florido translated from the original in Spanish by the author -- Eusebia Cosme: vida, canon literario e identidad racial Jorge Rodríguez-Florido.