Papa Doc, Baby Doc
Author: James Ferguson
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13:
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Papa Doc
Author: John Marquis
Publisher: LMH Publishers
Published: 2007-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789768202499
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGraham Greene's The comedians outlined the full horror of Dr. Francois Duvalier's reign in fiction form.
Papa Doc
Author: Bernard Diederich
Publisher:
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 422
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Author: Edwidge Danticat
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2011-09-20
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 0307946436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA New York Times Notable Book A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year In this deeply personal book, the celebrated Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat reflects on art and exile. Inspired by Albert Camus and adapted from her own lectures for Princeton University’s Toni Morrison Lecture Series, here Danticat tells stories of artists who create despite (or because of) the horrors that drove them from their homelands. Combining memoir and essay, these moving and eloquent pieces examine what it means to be an artist from a country in crisis.
The Comedians
Author: Graham Greene
Publisher:
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 324
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Author: Évelyne Trouillot
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2015-08-18
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0813938104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such distinguished authors as Maryse Condé, Jamaica Kincaid, and Raphaël Confiant-- Memory at Bay is now available in an English translation that brings to life this powerful novel by one of Haiti’s most vital authors, Évelyne Trouillot. Trouillot introduces us to a bedridden widow of a notorious dictator (in effect, a portrait of Papa Doc Duvalier) and the young émigré who attends to her needs but who harbors a secret--the bitter loss she feels for her mother, a victim of the dictator’s atrocities. The story that unfolds is a deftly plotted psychological drama in which the two women in turn relive their radically contrasting accounts of the dictator’s regime. Partly a retelling of Haiti’s nightmarish history under Duvalier, and partly an exploration of the power of memory, Trouillot’s novel takes a suspenseful turn when the aide contemplates murdering the old widow. Memory at Bay was praised by the Prix Carbet committee for the way it treats the enigmas of destiny and for a pairing of characters whose voices bring the narrative to the edge of the ineffable. CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French
The Price of Blood
Author: Bernard Diederich
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781558765290
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Red and Black in Haiti
Author: Matthew J. Smith
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2009-05-15
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 080789415X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1934 the republic of Haiti celebrated its 130th anniversary as an independent nation. In that year, too, another sort of Haitian independence occurred, as the United States ended nearly two decades of occupation. In the first comprehensive political history of postoccupation Haiti, Matthew Smith argues that the period from 1934 until the rise of dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier to the presidency in 1957 constituted modern Haiti's greatest moment of political promise. Smith emphasizes the key role that radical groups, particularly Marxists and black nationalists, played in shaping contemporary Haitian history. These movements transformed Haiti's political culture, widened political discourse, and presented several ideological alternatives for the nation's future. They were doomed, however, by a combination of intense internal rivalries, pressures from both state authorities and the traditional elite class, and the harsh climate of U.S. anticommunism. Ultimately, the political activism of the era failed to set Haiti firmly on the path to a strong independent future.
Farewell, Fred Voodoo
Author: Amy Wilentz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-01-08
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1451644000
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, this is a brilliant writer’s account of a long, painful, ecstatic—and unreciprocated—affair with a country that has long fascinated the world. A foreign correspondent on a simple story becomes, over time and in the pages of this book, a lover of Haiti, pursuing the heart of this beautiful and confounding land into its darkest corners and brightest clearings. Farewell, Fred Voodoo is a journey into the depths of the human soul as well as a vivid portrayal of the nation’s extraordinary people and their uncanny resilience. Haiti has found in Amy Wilentz an author of astonishing wit, sympathy, and eloquence.
Voodoo and Politics in Haiti
Author: Michel S. Laguerre
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-07-27
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1349199206
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNot only does this book give a well-researched account of the politicization of Haitian Voodoo and the Voodooization of Haitian politics, it also lays the ground for the development of creative policies by the state vis-a-vis the cult. It is an indispensable research tool for the students of Afro-American, Caribbean and African societies in particular, and for religionists and political scientists in general.
