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 80
... houngan puts a bowler hat on the top of the cross and hangs a black morning coat across it , to signify Baron . The evangelical Protestants come to Baron's cross , too , to proselytize . A Protestant minister was there next to the cross ...
... houngan puts a bowler hat on the top of the cross and hangs a black morning coat across it , to signify Baron . The evangelical Protestants come to Baron's cross , too , to proselytize . A Protestant minister was there next to the cross ...
Page 159
... houngan ? Houngan Macoute . The houngan was a Macoute . This is true all over Haiti . François Duvalier was a genius at incorporating the structures of voodoo into the structures of his rural secret police . Once firmly ensconced in the ...
... houngan ? Houngan Macoute . The houngan was a Macoute . This is true all over Haiti . François Duvalier was a genius at incorporating the structures of voodoo into the structures of his rural secret police . Once firmly ensconced in the ...
Page 199
... houngan milks the patient of his last penny before sending him around to the white doctors . By the time they get to Schweitzer , there is no hope , and no money left in the family . " Not all the houngans and bokors who treat AIDS are ...
... houngan milks the patient of his last penny before sending him around to the white doctors . By the time they get to Schweitzer , there is no hope , and no money left in the family . " Not all the houngans and bokors who treat AIDS are ...
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