Cuban women reclaim a musical tradition

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Thirty years ago, the all-female group Obiní Batá started breaking social conventions and fighting stereotypes in Cuba by teaching generations of Cuban women how to play Afro-Cuban drums. The World’s Tibisay Zea brings us the story of the group.

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