Author: Marco Polo Hernández Cuevas
Alternate names: Marco Polo Hernndez Cuevas; Marco Polo Hernandez Cuevas
Bio: Dr. Marco Polo Hernández Cuevas writes poetry, short stories and essays.  He is Associate Professor of Spanish at North Carolina Central University.  His published works include a trilogy of refereed books on The African Presence and Persistence in Mexico: African Mexicans and the Discourse on Modern Nation; África en el Carnaval Mexicano (Africa in Mexican Carnival) and África en México: una herencia repudiada (Africa in Mexico a Repudiated heritage). He launched and directs the Videojournal of Africana Global Studies (http://africanastudiesjournal.googlepages.com/) and the YouTube Channel Africanastudies (http://www.youtube.com/user/africanastudies). In addition, he has produced two interviews on DVD: one of Afro-Trinbagonian Father Glyn Jemmott; and one of Afro-Venezuelans Jesús “Chucho” García and Gerónimo Sánchez García. Hernández Cuevas has been interviewed on television, radio and newspapers.  He has lectured in the Americas, Europe and Africa.  Currently, he is working on a new book: <<The Mexican Soul of the African Diaspora>> .
 
In 2006, Yale literary and cultural critic, Dr. Harold Bloom, recognized as among “the best literary criticism,” Hernández’ critical work. 

Cesáreo Moreno and Dr. Sagrario del Carmen Cruz Carretero, the curators of “The African Presence in Mexico” have acknowledged that a significant part of the traveling international exhibit is based upon Hernández’ research.  Hernández dubbed “The cultural phase of the Mexican Revolution, 1920-1968” the period after the armed phase (1910-1920) ended.

Hernández received a Ph.D. in Italian and Hispanic Studies from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; a MA and BA from Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, USA.  He is a native of Mexico City’s inner ghettos and speaks fluently Chilango, the counterpart of Ebonics.