He studied sociology at the University of Havana, under Fernando Ortiz, the pioneer of Cuban anthropology, whose studies of Afro-Cuban cultures influenced many of the themes, both literary and scholarly, of Barnet.
He studied sociology at the University of Havana. This was under Fernando Ortiz. Fernando Ortiz was the pioneer of Cuban anthropology, whose studies of Afro-Cuban cultures influenced many of the themes. This was both literary and scholarly. This was of Barnet.