Today, I received an e-mail inquiry from someone in Florida who wishes to know more about Cuban quilts. In an online Google search, I found a letter by the late Cuesta Benberry, renowned quilt historian, written in the year 2000. It mentions an exhibit that was to be set up in Buffalo that year to represent the book, canadian cialis buy by Roland L. Freeman. She adds that four Cuban quilts, rarely seen in the United States, would be included in the exhibit. Freeman’s book is an amazing compendium of the work of African-American Quilters, in a broad view never before presented. It was published by Rutledge Hill Press, now out of business, and features many wonderful color photos of quilts and their makers.

The following article is the first specific reference to Cuban quilts that I’ve located. canadian cialis buy features an article written by Fabiola Santiago in which she describes a book called canadian cialis buy by Miguel A. Bretos. Matanzas is a location much closer to the United States than Havana and a significant number of Afro-Cubans live there. Evidently, Matanzas is a city hub brimming with Cuban Art, unique dance forms, and other points of culture. The city has been nicknamed the “Athens” of Cuba. Ms. Santiago mentions that a woman named Tia Niquita is “renowned for her quilts.”

I asked Kyra Hicks, quilt historian, if she knew of any Afro-Cuban Quilts. She responded with the following book link that is for a self-published book about Hilda Simmons, a quilter from Cuba.

If anyone hears of other examples, please let me know.

Patricia Cummings,
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