Caribbean

Enrique Kiki Valera is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, sound engineer and producer. He’s best known as one of the world’s greatest players of the Cuban cuatro, a mid-size guitar with eight strings grouped in sets of two.

Kiki Valera on Son cubano and how he developed a unique musical perspective

Movement

At the age of 16, Valera started to salvage radio and TV parts out of discarded electronics to build his own shortwave receiver and transmitter, connecting him to a wider world of musical trends.

Kiki Valera on Son cubano and how he developed a unique musical perspective
A Haitian city, juxtaposed with a billboard featuring the Statue of Liberty

From the blood and dust of Haiti's quake, a bond

Development
From the blood and dust of Haiti's quake, a bond
The founding partners of Haiti's Myabèl restaurant

How this Haitian-American woman is rebuilding Haiti, one cocktail at a time

Development
How this Haitian-American woman is rebuilding Haiti, one cocktail at a time