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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... peristyle , or temple , at Souvenance is a large cement - block building , testimony to the wealth of the community . Most peristyles in the countryside are built of slender poles and covered over by palm or banana thatch roofs . A ...
... peristyle , or temple , at Souvenance is a large cement - block building , testimony to the wealth of the community . Most peristyles in the countryside are built of slender poles and covered over by palm or banana thatch roofs . A ...
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... peristyle , about three hundred people , all of them dancing solo . Many of the young men carry tape machines over their heads to record Aboudja's drumming . The dancers ' feet stir up dust from the dirt floor . The Senatorial Candidate ...
... peristyle , about three hundred people , all of them dancing solo . Many of the young men carry tape machines over their heads to record Aboudja's drumming . The dancers ' feet stir up dust from the dirt floor . The Senatorial Candidate ...
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... peristyle . I pushed through the dancers . On the steps , a girl going in pinched my arm and laughed . She ran inside and disappeared among the crowd . Out in the open , the cool of midnight washed over me . Young men and women were ...
... peristyle . I pushed through the dancers . On the steps , a girl going in pinched my arm and laughed . She ran inside and disappeared among the crowd . Out in the open , the cool of midnight washed over me . Young men and women were ...
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