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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... mulatto playgirl much feared by Jean - Claude's mother . Michèle came from a shady mulatto family , but once she married the Presi- dent , her father's coffee - trading business began to boom , he bought Air Haïti , the " national ...
... mulatto playgirl much feared by Jean - Claude's mother . Michèle came from a shady mulatto family , but once she married the Presi- dent , her father's coffee - trading business began to boom , he bought Air Haïti , the " national ...
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... mulatto elite , went to their discos , they were his friends . He never applied Noirisme to his personal life , and when he dated women he often went out with mulatto girls . ( His real preference , it was rumored , ran more toward men ...
... mulatto elite , went to their discos , they were his friends . He never applied Noirisme to his personal life , and when he dated women he often went out with mulatto girls . ( His real preference , it was rumored , ran more toward men ...
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... mulatto brothers Philippe Thoby - Marcelin and Pierre Marcelin , tells the story of a Haitian mulatto who , filled with re- morse after the death of his much - beloved and much - betrayed wife , decides to leave Port - au - Prince and ...
... mulatto brothers Philippe Thoby - Marcelin and Pierre Marcelin , tells the story of a Haitian mulatto who , filled with re- morse after the death of his much - beloved and much - betrayed wife , decides to leave Port - au - Prince and ...
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