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The First International Congress of Black Writers and Artists took place in 1956 in Paris thanks to the vision and leadership of Senegalese Professor Alioune Diop, one of the founders of Présence Africaine, which was, and continues to be, a quarterly…

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In his analysis of the personified natural phenomena, Professor Carrol F. Coates explains that:
Merely to place these natural phenomena in a semiological category or “mythical” or “allegorical” characters is to miss the point. This is rather, pure…

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“Vodou … The Soul of the People,” an excerpt from Jacques Stéphen Alexis’ “The Musician Trees”
Callaloo: Vol. 27, No. 3, Summer 2004
Published by the Johns Hopkins University Press
English translation by Carrol F. Coates
… The night was marked by…

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"Diplomatic exchanges between Haitian executive officials have been commonplace since the nineteenth century. This photo captures one of several meetings between Dominican President Rafael Trujillo (in military attire) and Haitian president Sténio…

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Haitian Creole translation of Haitian Creole translation of “General Sun,
My Brother.”

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This novel centers on characters who are representatives of the arduous life of the Haitian peasantry and working class. The story takes place against a backdrop of abusive Haitian government officials under the presidency of Sténio Vincent…

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Seal of the Council on Library & Information Resources

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Image from page 20 of brochure entitled "Pan American 707 Jet Clippers" [german edition]
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