Monthly Archives: October 2011
Voodoo Drums and the United States Occupation of Haiti
Entry for “Voodoo Drum” in the catalog of The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Accession Date: September 11, 1917. Click here for a link to the entry.
José Antonio Aponte, Cuba and Haiti
In 1812 occurred the Aponte rebellion, which began in Havana. Aponte was a free Negro whose motives were not apparent, though race hatred seems to have been the prime cause of the outbreak. He terrorized Havana for a time but was slain with many others.
E.P. Herrick, “Uprisings of Cuban Negroes,” The Southern [...]
Andrew Salkey, “For Haiti” (1983)
In Memory of Jacques Stephen Alexis and Jacques Roumain
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We’re either cut down, weighted and dumped into the sea
By the savagery of those licensed uncles of woven straw
Or else we’re driven into the ground by their lurking threats;
From both extremes, the headlamps of blue light terrorize us:
tontons-macoutes parading their acumen, proudly, at home,
Auto-zobops cruising, cynically, in [...]
Vue du Cap-Haitien, prise des hauteurs de Marchegalie
“Vue du Cap-Haitien, prise des hauteurs de Marchegalie” from Edgar La Selve, Le pays des negres; voyage a Haiti, ancienne partie francaise de Saint-Domingue (1881). Click image for source information.
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The military occupation has made and continues to make military occupation necessary.