Small Axe

This Pride Month, we invite you to check the third iteration of our Keywords project, “Sexualities,” published in Small Axe 74 (July 2024). The authors explore the keywords “patería,” “makoumé,” “kambrada,” “friend,” and “family.”

In March 2025, the contributors convened for a discussion moderated by and , available on our website; link 🔗 https://smallaxe.net/sxprojects/keywords/sexualities-pateria-makoume-kambrada-friend-family

The complete works are available through Duke University Press; link 🔗 https://smallaxe.net/sx/issues/74

Statement regarding the Indictment of Raúl Castro:

On Wednesday, 20 May 2026, US Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges against Raúl Castro, former president of Cuba […] We in the Small Axe Project condemn this groundswell of aggression, an expression of barbarism and evil […] As Caribbean people we have a real challenge before us: either we submit supinely to these threats and transgressions of our sovereignty and dignity, or we stand up for our right to determine our collective futures.

Read the full statement in our blog; link 🔗 https://smallaxe.net/content/1405

Statement regarding U.S. Aggression against Cuba:

We in the Small Axe Project view with alarm and deep dismay the Trump administration’s intensification of threats against the Cuban regime, and what appears to be its preparations for some kind of military intervention. We urgently call upon the leaders of the Caribbean community of nations to vigorously protest this US aggression in the region.

Read the full statement in our blog; link 🔗 https://smallaxe.net/content/1403