Racial Migrations by Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof is a great addition to Cuban history. Hoffnung-Garskof wrote Racial Migrations as a historical narrative which I found to be the case. I enjoyed the writing and the narrative did flow decently well. A major problem with his approach to historical narrative is he does not situation the readers in the history timeline well. Following around ten different figures throughout Racial Migrations made it extremely difficult to remember who was who and what was going on at times because Hoffnung-Garskof failed to set the book up well. He is not a historian so I'll let him slide a bit. However, his main points can get lost in the narrative, as it feels he himself got lost with what he was trying to get across to the reader at some points.

Hoffnung-Garskof shows how the Revolutionary Politics of Cuba were driven by Afro-Cubans and Afro-Puerians. He shows how these black men AND women had to navigate spaces in the Caribbean and in America. I found the duality of being black (and not being African American) and speaking Spanish in America to be one of the most fascinating parts of Racial Migrations. I appreciated how the author goes out of his way to try and include women in his narrative with the limited sources that were available for him. I do think there is a lot of information in Racial Migrations, and if you aren't familiar with Cuban or Spanish Caribbean history already the narrative can be difficult to follow.