 most of cuban exiles we never went back that's the pain we carry in our hearts it's very sad when you can't return to the land you were born because you were not allowed back that was celia's case he was and in a way she still is banned in cuba cuban fans listen to her at home but official cuban radio and tv stations don't play her music she was banned in cuba since she left she tried to go back in 1962 to bury her mother but her entrance was rejected