Cuban passion for science and humanity

• Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/33708/1/DZUL438.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/33708/

LADY Salsa, the musical, recently mesmerised Malaysian audiences with an explosive mix of Cuban history, music and dance at a local highland resort. A group of researchers and scientists from Universiti Sains Malaysia which went to Cuba recently were equally mesmerised by the level of Cuban achievements in the fields of science and technology. Cuba is perhaps best known to many as a far away island with nothing much to offer save for its worldrenowned Havana cigars. And of late, Cuba has indirectly come into the picture as a place where American prisoners are still being held at Guantanamo Bay military prison dubbed Xray Camp. But to appreciate what Cuba is all about is to know its history. That is why Lady Salsa is so riveting since it is an attempt to chronologically narrate the Cuban experience through song and dance.