Koreans in Cuba by Martha Lim Kim

Hee Koo 03/26/2016 12:17 Read : 3,335

2nd generation Korean Cuban Martha Lim Kim speaks at the UW

 

The East Asia Library of the University of Washington hosted its monthly Booksori program of Korean book talks with Martha Lim Kim (77. Korean name: Eun Hee Lim), a Korean Cuban and an author of the book Coreanos en Cuba on March 19.

 

Martha is a leading figure in the Korean Cuban community, and chose Seattle as her first destination for her speeches due to the special bond between Koreans in Cuba and Koreans in Seattle.

 

During the severance of diplomatic relations between United States and Cuba, Sehong Kang, Seungju Hong, and Jin Jang from the United Presbyterian Church of Seattle visited Cuba and erected a monument celebrating the settlement of Koreans in Cuba rooting back to over 80 years ago.

 

The Korean Studies Librarian Hyokyoung Yi visited Cuba last year and invited Martha in order to assist Korean Cubans reconnect with their Korean roots.

 

At the Booksori event, Dessarraigo (Eng: Uprooting), a documentary film highlighting the arrival and settlement of Koreans in Cuba, whose ancestors came from Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula in search of a better life. The Korean descendants featured in the film stressed, “Although we don’t speak the Korean language, we feel a strong connection to Korea and consider ourselves half-Korean and half-Cuban in our hearts”.

 

Martha stated through her speech, “Koreans in Cuba are eager to get in touch with their roots. I hope that going forward, there will be abundant opportunities for Korean descendants living overseas to interact with each other for the common goal of better representing Korea”.

 

Dessarraigo is available for rent to the general public at the Korean Library section of the East Asia Library for those who are interested.

 

For online collection of photos of Korean diaspora in Cuba, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/korcuban/#/home.


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