Companero wihtout no Accent: Readings of the Cuban Revolution in Savacou (1970-1979), the Journal of the Caribbean Artist Movement

Abstract

This article analyzes the presence of the Cuban Revolution in Savacou, a cultural magazine that became a key platform in the literary development of the Anglophone Caribbean during the 1970s. The work aims to problematize how the magazine builds an image of Cuba as a political and cultural reference for the Caribbean and, specifically, in dialogue with the magazine’s own editorial project, which pushed a paradigm change in the aesthetic values of the Anglo-Caribbean literary field. The analysis centers on translation as a practice that shapes intraregional points of contact, which, on the one hand, visibilize common experiences of repression and revolt but, on the other, fail to fully overcome certain cultural separations. With this discussion, the article looks to contribute to the knowledge of Caribbean magazines and the translation dynamics they foster.