I believe in self-defense and self-determination for Africans and other oppressed people in America.

Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill in the leader role.

I think that one of the great things that the Cuban revolution has done is preserve history.

People ask me if I miss the States. I miss African Americans. But not the U.S. government or all the things they put me through. I miss African American culture, our speech, dance and cooking.

I believe in self-defense and self-determination for Africans and other oppressed people in America.

Freedom! you askin me about freedom. I'll be honest with you. I know a whole more about what freedom isn't than about what it is, 'cause I've never been free. I can only share my vision with you of the future, about what freedom is.

A lot of contemporary American culture makes its way to this county. Cuba is not some gray, isolated backwater. This is a happening place.