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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... charcoal that has fallen over the years from Bernadette's bags . She brings the bags themselves up from Port - au - Prince after their contents have been emptied . If you treat a bag well , she says , it can last for more than twenty ...
... charcoal that has fallen over the years from Bernadette's bags . She brings the bags themselves up from Port - au - Prince after their contents have been emptied . If you treat a bag well , she says , it can last for more than twenty ...
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... charcoal . But there is no escaping charcoal in Haiti . A charcoal pit — that is , a pit for making charcoal - looks like the grave of a giant . You might not notice it at first : a low mound as you come around a bend in the road . But ...
... charcoal . But there is no escaping charcoal in Haiti . A charcoal pit — that is , a pit for making charcoal - looks like the grave of a giant . You might not notice it at first : a low mound as you come around a bend in the road . But ...
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... charcoal to Bernadette for two or three dollars . Along with other charcoal - makers in his extended family of about twenty - five people including children , he sells about five sacks a month to Bernadette . Claudette says it takes ...
... charcoal to Bernadette for two or three dollars . Along with other charcoal - makers in his extended family of about twenty - five people including children , he sells about five sacks a month to Bernadette . Claudette says it takes ...
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