Memories of Francisco Rigores
Caras Lindas
English - January 19, 2020 19:17 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBEducation Society & Culture afro latinx caras lindas community history latin america manuel mendez washington dc black latinx Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week we remember Legendary Cuban Rumba Singer and Director of the Cuban Folkloric Group “Los Invasores de los 80” (Invaders of the 80s) Francisco Rigores with Luci Murphy. A cultural warrior and internationalist activist D.C. native. Francisco Rigores was considered a local celebrity and master of Afro-Cuban music and dance. Rigores lived in the Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant & the Columbia Heights neighborhoods over the past four decades. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.