The Rainy Season: Haiti Since DuvalierRecounting a series of personal journeys, each interwoven with scenes from Haiti's extraordinary past, the author brings to life the day-to-day realities of the politically turbulent country |
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I ' d been there before and I knew a couple of the girls , Nina and Olga , and
skinny Rosa . Most of the girls were from Haiti ' s neighbor , the Dominican
Republic ; people told me that Haitian men preferred the Dominican girls ' light
color — the ...
I ' d been there before and I knew a couple of the girls , Nina and Olga , and
skinny Rosa . Most of the girls were from Haiti ' s neighbor , the Dominican
Republic ; people told me that Haitian men preferred the Dominican girls ' light
color — the ...
Page 387
On the way out to the airport to greet Father René Poirier , who was returning in
triumph from the exile into which Namphy had shoved him , three girls in the
backseat of my car kept chanting , " Viv Legliz Popilè . ” We stopped at the traffic
light ...
On the way out to the airport to greet Father René Poirier , who was returning in
triumph from the exile into which Namphy had shoved him , three girls in the
backseat of my car kept chanting , " Viv Legliz Popilè . ” We stopped at the traffic
light ...
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shouted one of the girls , pointing . I looked , expecting for no reason other than
the little car ' s speed to see Aristide at the wheel . But no , the driver was the
daughter of the family to whom the priest had given his car after Freycineau ,
where ...
shouted one of the girls , pointing . I looked , expecting for no reason other than
the little car ' s speed to see Aristide at the wheel . But no , the driver was the
daughter of the family to whom the priest had given his car after Freycineau ,
where ...
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| Title | The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier A Touchstone Book |
| Author | Amy Wilentz |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671641867, 9780671641863 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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