The Rainy Season: Haiti Since DuvalierThis welcome interpretation of Haiti provides many insights into a country that few North Americans understand. Wilentz, a journalist, captures the complex cultural ambience and mystery of domestic politics with a penetrating eye and powerful description. Covering the years 1986-89, Wilentz analyzes political developments, centering her interpretations on the activities of a radical priest, interspersed with individual Haitian portraits and personal incidents. The flavor of Haiti is superbly conveyed, as are some unsavory aspects of the role of the press, the Catholic Church, and the U.S. embassy, but Wilentz's narrative is often unclear and her objectivity flawed. For academic and large public libraries.-- Roderic A. Camp, Central Coll., Pella, Ia . -Library Journal. |
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Page 149
... filled with offerings for Legba , the greatest of the spirits , the keeper of the gates of the gods , the master of ... filling the sky . Once we crossed the little bridge , even I could hear where the drums were coming from . Right down ...
... filled with offerings for Legba , the greatest of the spirits , the keeper of the gates of the gods , the master of ... filling the sky . Once we crossed the little bridge , even I could hear where the drums were coming from . Right down ...
Page 202
... filled with re- morse after the death of his much - beloved and much - betrayed wife , decides to leave Port - au - Prince and become a gentleman farmer in the hills above the city . The bucolic locale of Musseau to which the ...
... filled with re- morse after the death of his much - beloved and much - betrayed wife , decides to leave Port - au - Prince and become a gentleman farmer in the hills above the city . The bucolic locale of Musseau to which the ...
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... filled radio broadcasts and two hours of phone calls , one after another , filled with news and contradictions and contracontradictions - could run away with you . In those con- fusing days , I tried to shut down by eleven at night ...
... filled radio broadcasts and two hours of phone calls , one after another , filled with news and contradictions and contracontradictions - could run away with you . In those con- fusing days , I tried to shut down by eleven at night ...
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