Alberto Faya

Faya gives lectures relating to Cuban history, culture, and music.^[3] He holds a degree from the University of Havana and is a professor of musical culture at the university.^[4]

During the 1970s, Faya was one of a number of Cuban musicians who worked to better incorporate African and Afro-Cuban music in Cuban society; according to his accounts, he had to right vigorously to air Afro-Cuban rumba music on Cuban radio stations.^[5] Faya is a believer in the ongoing melding of different cultures,^[6] and considers culture as the primary means by which personal identity is derived.^[7] Faya is a self-proclaimed Afrocentrist, as he finds that his musical background most defines his understanding of culture and identity.^[7]