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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... 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 145
... houngan to make a cure for his wife's headaches . Port - au- Prince politics - to him it's just bla - bla - bla , as Haitians say . But if it comes to his right to the land he farms , or how much higher a tax his wife will have to pay ...
... houngan to make a cure for his wife's headaches . Port - au- Prince politics - to him it's just bla - bla - bla , as Haitians say . But if it comes to his right to the land he farms , or how much higher a tax his wife will have to pay ...
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 ...
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