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Kian Seara Rey

Kian Seara Rey is a Spanish-Cuban writer, journalist, and translator that grew up in the US and is currently living  in the Netherlands. Follow him on Twitter @kianseararey

Five female literacy volunteers return to Havana at the end of the literacy campaign in December 1961.
Public Intellectuals

Rosa Hernández Acosta habla sobre la Campaña de Alfabetización Cubana

Armada solamente con unos cuantos libros de texto y una lámpara de queroseno, Rosa Hernández Acosta alfabetizaba en la Cuba rural sin electricidad, agua corriente ni carreteras asfaltadas.
Five female literacy volunteers return to Havana at the end of the literacy campaign in December 1961.
Public Intellectuals

Rosa Hernández Acosta on the Cuban Literacy Campaign

Armed with just some textbooks and a kerosene lantern, Rosa Hernández Acosta taught literacy in rural Cuba without electricity, running water, or paved roads.

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