The distinguished audience that gathered at UWI Cave Hill Campus enjoyed the successful launch of the book "Tell My Mother I Gone to Cuba," an in-depth investigation of interesting stories about the Barbadian migration to Cuba in the early twentieth century. The additional merit of Dr. Sharon Marshall is to have brought valuable information to this literary work that invites the reader to feel like one of the residents of Baraguá, in Camaguûey. At the same time, the author was able to expose the living elements of the cultural mix that stands out in the stories with contemporary events, such as her interview with the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, a journalist work that became relevant in time as the book has been incidentally launched the day before the death of Commander Fidel Castro, an event that shocked our region and the world.
We agree with the social scientist and ethnologist, Carlos Moore, who consider this work "incomparably relevant as a sociological documentation of the times and circumstances of people who had to grow roots in a foreign environment, adapt, resist and develop a whole new set of Principles founded on the bedrock of the initial home-grown ones".
It is an excellent book which contributes to the Antillean culture and shows the interwoven strand of the rich and complex Caribbean integration. This book has also the testimony of some relevant works done by Dr. Marshall as journalist, especially the story on one of the visits to Barbados by the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz.