haiti – Page 6

World Cup, 1974

June 5, 2018 dig

Very good story about the World Cup and political pressure affecting Haiti and Zaire( Democratic Republic of the Congo).

West Germany, 1974 With political misdemeanors filed firmly in the past, the country’s professional league into its tenth season and the national team becoming mainstays in the latter stages of the tournament, West Germany were awarded hosting rights in 1974, with the new FIFA World Cup trophy making its first appearance. The golden statuette wasn’t […]

via World Cup Tales: The Importance of Being Ernst (1974) — THAT’S LIQUID FOOTBALL

The Gospel of the Creole Pig by Michelange Quay

January 18, 2018 dig

The Gospel of the Creole Pig by Michelange Quay.

Short Film 2004 Sélection Officielle Cannes 2004
Production: Les Films à un Dollar
Produced by: Tom Dercourt
Directed by: Michelange Quay
Cinematography by: Benjamin Echazarreta
Music: Julien Lourau

AG2016_1030667aBB or a fine place for our respite

January 13, 2018January 13, 2018 dig

Related : Jean-Claude Charles, La Route du Blues, via Île en île.
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And also related to :

Knowledge of freedom is (in) the invention of escape, stealing away in the confines, in the form, of a break.

Stefano Harney & Fred Moten, The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Study.

Haitian Heritage

May 2, 2017 dig

A speech act – Declare that you’re free and independent then you are free and independent, with caveats. In Miami, heritage is marked by, at least, a monument and a holiday.

“Haïti, présences africaines, ruptures et mythologies”

February 16, 2017 dig

Dany Laferrière au Collège de France: « Haïti, présences africaines, ruptures et mythologies »

Also, Dany Laferrière: An American Journey Film Series at Indiana University; La dérive douce d’un enfant de Petit-Goâve directed by Pedro Ruiz, 2009.

Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz, & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960 – 1981

July 28, 2016July 29, 2016 dig

Ostinato Records released Tanbou Toujou Lou.
Here is a sampler:
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The Afropop review.

Also, Afropop(CC Smith and Gerard Tacite Lamothe) republished their research from 1986 in Haiti, as a kind of companion to Ostanito’s Tanbou and Strut’s Haiti Direct.

Also Ostinato has this 44 mins set – Afrophonia Vol. 2 1968 – 1982: Black Atlantic Rhythms from Cuba to Angola
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KCRW’s Rhythm Planet has this nice set.

four star accommodations with sound

July 4, 2016 dig

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