The Rum University Library 2
Life In A Sugar Mill Town: Coming Of Age In Cuba
On The Eve Of The Communist Revolution
(From the author)
Life in A Sugar Mill Town
This book is about my life as a young man. My name is Hugo Antonio Mujica. I was born on May 12, 1936, in a sugar mill town named Central Ermita, in the Province of Oriente, Cuba. My father’s name is Domingo Mujica and he was born in San Sebastian, Spain. He was Basque. The Basque people inhabit a region spanning over parts of the north-central Spain and southwestern France. My mother is Manuela Agarrado Rivilla de Mujica, she was born in Chiclana, also a Province of Spain. I have two brothers, Oscar and Osvaldo and five sisters, Milagros, Iria, Maria, Diana and Joaquina.
I lived most of my life in the small village of Central Ermita, located just outside the City of Guantanamo, Cuba. The residents of this region were called, “Guajiros Guantanameros” (Guantanamo’s Peasants). When I was growing up, there was a song that was very popular named, “Guajira Guantanamera” and the lyrics of the song were, “I am a sincere man, from where the palm tree grows.”
I think that the good advice and example set by my parents and older brothers and sisters, and listening to the lyrics of that song, “I am a sincere man, from where the palm tree grows,” shaped the kind of person I am today.
In Cuba, I lived through dictatorship, democracy and communism. And it is the latter that much of this book is devoted to: to my years as a young man thrust into the middle of a communist revolution.
Revolution is the same as war: it brings out the worst side of some people.
And I lived through it all and I am here to tell my story.
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (April 23, 2009)
Language: English
Paperback: 182 pages
ISBN-10: 144149250X
ISBN-13: 978-1441492500
Item Weight: 8.8 ounces
Dimensions: 5.25 x 0.41 x 8 inches