Category: Haiti
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Haitian Rara
I wasn’t planning on posting about Haiti again so soon, but I referred to the Haitian rara processionals last week and thought you might like to know a little more about it. It’s quite interesting. As always, full documentation available on request. The culture of the impoverished dark-skinned Haitian majority has thrived, and in its…
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A Word about Haiti
Recently, I did some research on Haitian ethnomusicology. (Don’t ask!) If you are interested in Haiti, you might like to read the following short excerpt from an essay I wrote about music’s impact on Haitian culture and history. This portion is about Haiti’s newest president who came to power in 2011. (Full documentation available on…
Author Mark W Sasse 