Alberto Faya (born 1944) is a

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singer, researcher, composer, and professor of music.

Biography

Faya gives lectures relating to Cuban history, culture, and music. He holds a degree from the

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and is a professor of musical culture at the university. During the 1970s, Faya was one of a number of Cuban musicians who worked to better incorporate African and Afro-Cuban music in Cuban society; according to his accounts, he had to right vigorously to air Afro-Cuban

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music on Cuban radio stations. Faya is a believer in the ongoing melding of different cultures, and considers culture as the primary means by which personal identity is derived.''Lecture on Cuban Musical Culture'', Institute Casa de San Martin, Centro de Estudios Martianos, Professor Alberto Faya, 8 March 2017. Faya is a self-proclaimed Afrocentrist, as he finds that his musical background most defines his understanding of culture and identity.

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