in the present day and Haiti in the mid-1900s‚ readers learn about “dew breakers.” Also known as the “Tonton macoutes‚” they were essentially torturers who killed people who opposed the dictatorship in mid-twentieth Haiti‚ which was the Duvalier regime (“The Duvalier Dynasty 1957-1986”).The various characters in the short stories have somewhat of a connection to a dew breaker in the history of
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Jalissa Garriga Professor Edwards Language Practicum 11/07/2012 Haiti Jalissa Garriga Professor Edwards Language Practicum 11/07/2012 Haiti Introduction Haiti is one of the world’s poorest nations in the western hemisphere‚ which is still suffering the impact and devastation of the earthquake today. A nation so often on its knees had been knocked to the ground. (Clinton). On January 12‚ 2012 Haiti was struck by an earthquake with 7.0 magnitudes. Many Haitians suffered while others lost
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republic to declare independence. Haiti has had political violence for most of its history. Haiti went through a series of occupations by the U.S. ‚ and been ruled by dictators François “Papa Doc” Duvalier and “Baby Doc‚” his son. During that time‚ an 30‚000 Haitians were killed for being rebels against the Duvalier rule. The country had a few months of democratic rule with President Jean-Bertrand Aristide‚ who was overthrown in a sudden seizure of the government that led to help by the United Nations.
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In the Name of the Father‚ Son‚ and Grandson: Succession Patterns and the Kim Dynasty Virginie Grzelczyk Nottingham Trent University The Journal of Northeast Asian History Volume 9 Number 2 (Winter 2012)‚ 33-68 Copyright © 2012 by the Northeast Asian History Foundation. All Rights Reserved. No portion of the contents may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the Northeast Asian History Foundation. In the Name of the Father‚ Son‚ and Grandson: Succession Patterns
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young woman is torn by the polar opposites the two men represent. At first she feels frustration at her lack of self-determination and her separation from her lover; then she takes out this frustration on her father instead of on the true culprit‚ Duvalier. After she learns of her lover’s death‚ however‚ she gets ready to take on a more active role in her future as she acknowledges "1 don’t
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References: Bacon‚ R. and Kalsher‚ M‚ (2008). Psychology: From Science to Practice 2nd Boston‚ MA: Allyn and Bacon Franoi‚ S. (2010). Social Psychology 5th Ed.
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are explored in the writer’s craft. Reference to Haitian socio-cultural history is prevalent in “Dream Haiti.” The narrator has left Haiti in the “petit martin” in order to escape from dictatorship of Duvalier as is proven by the reference to “macoute.” After surviving an attempted coup in 1958‚ Duvalier established the the Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale (MVSN) more commonly known as the Tonton Macoute (or fabled
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Vodou‚ A Haitian religion deeply rooted in colonialism stems from several African sources‚ which have constructed and maintained a hybrid Africana and European diaspora in the Caribbean. In an effort to preserve African tradition and spiritual belief‚ slaves in Haiti prior to the Haitian Revolution of 1791‚ established and developed the heterogeneous religion known as Vodou. As Vodou became a more prominent aspect of slave culture in Haiti the hybridization between traditional Africana religion and
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An Ethnographer ’s View of the Haitian Culture Haiti‚ a name that means "mountainous country‚" comes from the language of the Taino Indians who inhabited the island before European colonization. After independence in 1804‚ the name was taken by the military generals‚ many of them former slaves‚ who expelled the French and took possession of the colony then known as Saint Domingue. In 2000‚ 95 percent of the population was of African descent‚ and the remaining 5 percent mulatto and white. Some
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in the nation’s best interest to bring the troops home. -1957-1986: The most devastating impact of U.S. interference in Haiti was the government’s ongoing support of the Duvalier regime. Fearful that Haiti would fall to communism‚ the U.S. government concluded that it would offer full support to Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier. During that 29-year
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