Fuerteventura memorial honours Manuel Velázquez Cabrera with talks and tributes
The 33rd memorial runs from 9 to 16 November, with school visits, public talks and tributes in Puerto del Rosario and Tiscamanita.
Fuerteventura’s 33rd Manuel Velázquez Cabrera Memorial runs from 9 to 16 November, bringing school visits, talks, book presentations and tributes to La Oliva, Gran Tarajal, Puerto del Rosario and Tiscamanita.
Organised by the Cabildo’s culture department, the programme remembers Velázquez Cabrera’s contribution to the history of Fuerteventura and the Canary Islands. Several events also explore the historical links between the islands and Uruguay.
Talks and school visits
The programme began on Monday 9 November with a meeting between historian Néstor Hormiga and students at IES La Oliva. At 6.30pm that evening, Hormiga is due to give a talk at Raíz del Pueblo in La Oliva on the 300th anniversary of the founding of Montevideo and the contribution of Canarian migration.
Hormiga is also scheduled to meet students at IES Gran Tarajal at 11am on Tuesday 10 November and at IES San Diego de Alcalá at 11am on Wednesday 11 November.
At 7pm on 11 November, the Archivo Histórico Insular will host an event featuring an online connection with professor Isabel Barreto Messano and Hormiga’s presentation of the book Vida cotidiana de los canarios fundadores de Montevideo.
Tributes on 16 November
The Cabildo’s institutional tribute to Velázquez Cabrera is scheduled for 1pm on Monday 16 November on Calle Primero de Mayo in Puerto del Rosario.
At 7pm, the Centro Cultural de Tiscamanita will host a talk by Felipe Bermúdez about Velázquez Cabrera’s journeys to Uruguay, a presentation of the novel Patricio Anís by Marcos Hormiga, and another contribution from Néstor Hormiga on Montevideo’s founding and Canarian migration.
A further tribute will take place at 8.30pm in the square named after Velázquez Cabrera in Tiscamanita, his birthplace. The event will close with music from Raíces.
The programme is supported by Tuineje town council, the El Tabaibe residents’ association and the Fundación Canaria Manuel Velázquez Cabrera.