Aída Esther Bueno Sarduy

Aída Esther Bueno Sarduy is a Cuban documentary director and researcher. She holds a PhD in and cultural anthropology, and is an expert on the cultures of the African diaspora and female leadership in the Xangô de Recife religion. She is currently researching cases of enslaved women who sued for freedom before the courts of Pernambuco, Brazil, in the late 19th century. Since 1999, she has taught in different departments at several American universities including NYU, Middlebury College, BU, Hamilton College and Stanford.