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 55
He looked at the young men, who laughed. "Well, let's say this: We've been trying
for a long time to figure out the best way to send away this government. Officially,
my friends and I can't say that we've been organizing against the government, ...
He looked at the young men, who laughed. "Well, let's say this: We've been trying
for a long time to figure out the best way to send away this government. Officially,
my friends and I can't say that we've been organizing against the government, ...
Page 240
He laughed. "No radio. "Now, through books, the Church, his followers, he
reaches more and more people every day, perhaps not always in the purest form,
but at any rate, he reaches them. So that is certainly resurrection. The spreading
of ...
He laughed. "No radio. "Now, through books, the Church, his followers, he
reaches more and more people every day, perhaps not always in the purest form,
but at any rate, he reaches them. So that is certainly resurrection. The spreading
of ...
Page 404
"So your mother let you out of the house, eh? I guess she knows." He laughed. I
kept thinking I had heard him before, but this was the first time I had seen Baron.
All Barons, like all Damballahs, talk in the same voice, no matter whom they have
...
"So your mother let you out of the house, eh? I guess she knows." He laughed. I
kept thinking I had heard him before, but this was the first time I had seen Baron.
All Barons, like all Damballahs, talk in the same voice, no matter whom they have
...
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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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