Le poète et romancier haïtien Anthony Phelps est mort
Exilé sous la dictature Duvalier, il aura consacré sa vie à dénoncer les injustices à travers une poésie engagée, reconnue ...
Anthony Phelps, poète montréalais d’origine haïtienne, s’éteint à 96 ans
Le poète montréalais était connu pour son recueil Mon pays que voici, un hymne à la liberté et à la résistance écrit pendant ...
The Real Mount Rushmore of football in the United States
Many, both at home and abroad, forget that the US took part in the first-ever World Cup.Though it featured only thirteen ...
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Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti's most important and prolific writers, dies at 88
It was based on his experience of living under the brutal dictatorship of François Duvalier, known as Papa Doc. Frankétienne also was renowned for works including “Au Fil du Temps ...
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Apartheid South Africa: ‘Ernest Cole’s photographs were the first that told the story from inside the beast’
“I was in Berlin, studying,” says Peck, whose family had fled the regime of François Duvalier. “I was around 17. It was a time of fighting for anybody coming from the third world. There was ...
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Coming to America
GREEN: In 1964, Francois Duvalier declares himself, "president for life," Papa Doc. This is a full-on dictatorship, and it is violent. Anyone who was perceived to be against Duvalier were met with ...
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Ernest Cole: Lost and Found — A profound portrait of the artist in exile
Ernest Cole’s untold story comes home — with a revealing documentary premiering at the Joburg Film Festival this week ...