A Party for Lazarus: Six Generations of Ancestral Devotion in a Cuban Town
By Todd Ramón Ochoa (NHC Fellow, 2017–18) A Party for Lazarus is the story of a Cuban family, six generations removed from slavery, struggling to honor its ancestors amid changing fortunes and a crumbling state. This intimate intergenerational account centers on an annual feast celebrating ancestors and orisás—the life-changing spirits at the heart of Black Atlantic … Continued