YouTube video description: Author and activist Alice Walker sat down for an exclusive interview with Belly of the Beast journalist/producer Liz Oliva Fernández in Havana to talk about Cuba, the U.S. embargo, Gaza and more.

The author of The Color Purple has witnessed the impact of U.S. sanctions on the Cuban people for decades and has been vocal about it. She has described it as a crime.

She also talks about how difficult it is for her to live in the United States. “It’s like trying to get grass to grow on concrete.”