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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Page 171
We killed no one. Eventually, the crowd went away. That Aristide was here, too.
He is jealous of my power, my property. I saw his little Charade, the white car. He
is a san manman, a criminal. Vakabon," Max says, using another word in Creole
...
We killed no one. Eventually, the crowd went away. That Aristide was here, too.
He is jealous of my power, my property. I saw his little Charade, the white car. He
is a san manman, a criminal. Vakabon," Max says, using another word in Creole
...
Page 239
There they were, waiting for a king, and instead he was killed. They expected a
king and they got a martyr. Now in order to continue as a force they had to
believe that Jesus, their leader, was still a force. If the Army here killed me, killed
Sylvio ...
There they were, waiting for a king, and instead he was killed. They expected a
king and they got a martyr. Now in order to continue as a force they had to
believe that Jesus, their leader, was still a force. If the Army here killed me, killed
Sylvio ...
Page 312
Three men were killed, one shot by the side of his house, another shot as he hid
under his bed, another as he tried to flee into the back country. The invaders
burned down two houses, including the one where the electoral bureau operated
.
Three men were killed, one shot by the side of his house, another shot as he hid
under his bed, another as he tried to flee into the back country. The invaders
burned down two houses, including the one where the electoral bureau operated
.
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| Title | The rainy season: Haiti since Duvalier |
| 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 Political Science / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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