There are those who are born with the gift of telling a story in such a peculiar way that it seems that they lived several centuries and come to our days to let us know about our past.

Elda Cento Gómez was the owner of that gift, the National History Prize winner, she wrote and spoke of the past of Camagüey with such a fascinating passion; capable of infecting everyone who was next to her with her interest in the history of her land.

She dedicated part of her professional career to studying the lives of great personalities of the territory such as Ignacio Agramonte, Joaquín de Agüero and Salvador Cisneros Betancourt, but she also paid great attention to the study of issues related to slavery and the daily life of the inhabitants of Puerto Príncipe in different periods of time.

For many years she was linked to the Office of the Historian of Camagüey city, first as head of the Investigations department and later as an adviser on historical subjects. Her legacy marks each researcher of this institution.

Elda lived to tell our history, she did not seize it, she always shared every discovery, every detail that she found after extensive research, so that the people of Camagüey today have a better understanding of our past and with that knowledge we can build, with greater certainty, the future.

Translated by: Aileen Álvarez García