HAITIAN BOOKS - LIVRES HAITIENS

Have you ever looked for a book title, a rare cd or something you were looking for in such a long time and never found it because they are hidden somewhere in somebody's home?
This is what this page is about. You could suddenly tumble on an unexpected treasure and share it with your friend or give it as a gift to a relative.

Recommended titles!

Josaphat-Robert Large
La Fragmentation de l'Etre (2009 - FRENCH)
Collectif Dirigé Par
Frantz A. Leconte
Cette oeuvre plurielle et fascinante de Josaphat-Robert Large emprunte les particularités haitiennes pour offrir le désarroi des esprits face à l'effondrement identitaire et existentiel de l'individu et de la cité... Price: $40.00 Free Shipping
was ~~$44.00~~

Haïti: Le vodou au 3e millénaire (2002) French
Book - Contemporary
Frantz A. Leconte Haiti,Vodou in the third millennium turned as one of the best contemporary accounts of vodou in the last decade. One is able to grasp through eight essais the African origine of this too often denigrated religion, its inspirational relationship with the war of independence of Haiti.
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La République (1998)
Book - Satire (French)
Frantz A. Leconte
The republic, a play could be perceived as a satire which stages the traditional, despotic, chaotic and absurd political situation intitutionalized by governments of the third world. The head of a terrorist state would not hesitate to sell his country piece by piece for a profit.
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was ~~$24.00~~

Jacques Roumain au pluriel (2007)
Book - Litterature (French)
Frantz A. Leconte
This is a provoking study of Roumain's abundant literature which explores his poetry, journalism, short stories, novels, ideology and philosophy, scientific works as well as his involment in Haitian politics.
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was ~~$26.00~~

The Bewitched Mountain (2007)
Book - Novel (French/Eng)
Frantz A. Leconte
This poignant and tragic rural story is a peasant novel that shows the fragility of Human nature, love, passion, jealousy, misery, superstition and greed, the chaotic element that make up the Haitian condition.
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was ~~$24.00~~

Le viol du nouveau monde (1996)
Book - Adventure (French)
Frantz A. Leconte
It constitutes a serious indictment of colonization of the new world by European powers. We also learn about the indigenous people, the tortures they had to endure and the tragic genocide that decimated them with their entire civilization.
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En grandissant sous Duvalier (1999)
Book - Thriller (French)
Frantz A. Leconte
This is a provocative analysis of the Duvalier era in Haiti, which traces the emergence of a political class from the American occupation of Haiti (1915 - 1934) to the advent of the Duvalier, who held Haiti captive under a reign of terror for about 3 decades.
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was ~~$26.00~~

This one-hour and 20 minutes video is a good resource for learning more about Haitian Folklore Dances, rhythms, movements, and traditional costumes.

Le Baton Choyé
Book - Roman
Emmanuel Albert
Ce livre est un roman, mais c'est aussi un drame haitien, le drame de tous ces jeunes qui regardent impuissants leur avenir basculer dans le vide d'un futur flou...
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Bèl Peyi Mwen
(My Beautiful Country)
Book - Kids (English)
by Elizabeth Turnbull
and Kristopher Battles
A coloring book of original drawings of scenes from everyday life in Haiti. Each picture has a short text telling the story of life in rural Haiti.
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