Gloria Estefan: How One Cuban-American Turned the Cold War Into a Global Dance Craze
The Earth, that slowly spinning blue-green hostage crisis we all share, has many unofficial anthems. One of them, “Conga,” still leaks from beach bars in Mykonos, wedding marquees in Manila, and—on particularly desperate nights—the karaoke booths of Reykjavík. At the eye of this planetary conga line stands Gloria Estefan: Cuban-American chanteuse, multi-lingual hit factory, and…