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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... Tontons Macoute were recruited from the slums ; in the countryside , they were often members of voodoo's outlaw secret societies . The name Tonton Macoute , adopted by the Haitian people to describe Duvalier's henchmen , comes from a ...
... Tontons Macoute were recruited from the slums ; in the countryside , they were often members of voodoo's outlaw secret societies . The name Tonton Macoute , adopted by the Haitian people to describe Duvalier's henchmen , comes from a ...
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... Tontons Macoute are out of power , but they aren't sure how to interpret that fact . Does that mean that they should no longer obey the houngan ? After all , they know he was a Macoute . Does it mean that the chef de section need no ...
... Tontons Macoute are out of power , but they aren't sure how to interpret that fact . Does that mean that they should no longer obey the houngan ? After all , they know he was a Macoute . Does it mean that the chef de section need no ...
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... Tontons Macoute . These people , newly empowered by the announced dissolution of the Macoutes , had soon laid siege ... Tontons Macoute , " as he called them , who were killed in the wake of Duva- lier's flight . " The junta should have ...
... Tontons Macoute . These people , newly empowered by the announced dissolution of the Macoutes , had soon laid siege ... Tontons Macoute , " as he called them , who were killed in the wake of Duva- lier's flight . " The junta should have ...
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