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Fernando Ortiz Foundation

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In Fernando Ortiz
In 1995 the Foundation Fernando Ortiz was created in Havana for the preservation of his legacy and the continuation of the studies that he started, especially those of Afro-Cuban culture.
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significance to Barnet

In Miguel Barnet
…1995 he headed the Havana-based Fernando Ortiz Foundation, which promotes and preserves the works of his mentor, who was a prominent anthropologist and scholar of Afro-Cuban culture.
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