Edwidge Danticat
She was born on January 19th, 1969 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
She has written many books including Brother, I'm Dying and Breath, Eyes, Memory, Krik? Krak!
Krik Krak is s a series of short stories and it was published in 1996.
It's plot is about the struggle and survival in Haiti
She moved to America in 1981 after her parents left
She found adapting to the United States difficult especially in school
To escape her unpleasant situations she started to write stories
She has received the Pushcart Short Story Prize
Her book Brother I'm Dying won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2007
Haiti's fight for independence/Toussaint L'Ouverture
1971- slave revolt erupted in a French Colony
- The leader of the rebels was Toussaint L'Ouverture
- He was a former slave in the colony
- organized a guerrille war and was able to defeat the French
- In 1795 he made peace with France after there was an abolishment of slavery
- He became the governor of the island and in 1801 freed the Spanish portion of the island.
- Toussaint was arrested and tortured and died in April 1803 because Napoleon wanted to introduced slavery back into Haiti.
- They defeated the French with British help and became the second independent country in the America's in 1804.
Voodoo Religion
- A creolized religion forged by descendants of Dahomean, Kongo, Yoruba and other African colonies
- Fundamental principle is that everything is in spirit
- The primary goal is to serve the spirits
- There is no single leader and no official spokesperson
- Some groups do try to create single leaders and spokesperson
Duvalier (Papa Doc)
- president of Haiti from 1957-1971
- regime became totalitarian
- was a physician by profession before he became the president
- His expertise in the field gave him the name "Papa Doc"
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