News: DigitalCuba is officially a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The cemetery in Camajuani has been added to FindaGrave.com.
In this episode we discuss the history of Chinese migration to Cuba. We breakdown the discussion into migration waves starting in 1847 when the first ship arrived with 400 Chinese migrants. We discuss the Cementerio Chino located in Havana and the efforts to preserve Cuban Chinese culture. We also discuss the 2012 discovery of an abandoned Chinese cemetery in the Artemisa province. We then discuss the findings of a 2008 DNA study of mitochondrial (mtDNA) and Y-DNA and what to expect from your DNA results.
Show notes section:
Digitization fundraising: http://www.paypal.me/digitalcuba
Chinese Cuban preservation project:
http://www.mychinaroots.com/portfolio-items/mariel-cuba-americas-oldest-chinese-cemetery/
www.mychinaroots.com/es/
Cuban DNA study:
https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1004488
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2492877/
https://www.thoughtco.com/short-history-of-the-chinese-in-cuba-688162
For further reading:
Yun, L. The Coolie Speaks: Chinese Indentured Laborers and African Slaves in Cuba. (Temple University Press, 2008).
Baltar Rodríguez, José. Los chinos de Cuba. Apuntes etnográficos. Havana: Fundación Fernando Ortiz, 1997.
The Cuba Commission Report: A Hidden History of the Chinese in Cuba. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1993.
Jiménez Pastrana, Juan. Los chinos en la historia de Cuba, 1847-1930. Havana: Ediciones Políticas, 1983.
Perez de la Riva, Juan, and Pedro Deschamps Chapeaux. Contribución a la historia de la gente sin historia, Havana: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 1974.
Encyclopedia of Cuba:
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