Diane Wolkstein
Diane Wolkstein travels throughout the world performing myths and folktales and giving workshops on storytelling. She is the author of twenty-one award-winning books of folklore, including the Sumerian epic and Other Haitian Folktales. Wolkstein ... [... more]
Random House |
Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian ...
 A good new account: Although this book excuses and uses moral relativism to explain the violence of the rebellion it nevertheless succeeds in explaining and documenting the slave revolt of 1871 against the French the subsequent victory, the first of its [... more]
CDN$30.05
Amazon CA |
Diane Wolkstein
Diane Wolkstein has been teaching, performing, and writing for over thirty-five years. She is the author of numerous award-winning books of folklore, including The Magic Orange Tree, and Other Haitian Folktales and Inanna, Queen of Heaven and ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
C.L.R. James
A classic and impassioned account of the first revolution in the Third World. This powerful, intensely dramatic book is the definitive account of the Haitian Revolution of 1794-1803, a revolution that began in the wake of the Bastille but became ... [... more]
Random House |
Alfred Metraux
A master work of observation and description about the lives and rituals of the Haitian mambos and adepts, and of the history and origins of their religion. Voodoo in Haiti Alfred Metraux [... more]
Random House |
Written in Blood: The Story of the Haitian People 1492-1995
Written In Blood: This is an excellent book. I have yet to read a more unbiassed detailed book on the history of Haiti, wheter in the French or English language. The book details with precision the lives of the many players that have affected Haiti's [... more]
CDN$70.17
Amazon CA |
The Magic Orange Tree: and Other Haitian Folktales
Quirky and Fun: If you're looking for stories with pat, solid endings, this is not the book for you. But, if you're looking for something that reflects the eccentricity and style of Haiti, then this is it. The stories are magical and you can almost see [... more]
CDN$21.00
Amazon CA |
Walking on Fire: Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and ...
Haitian Women's Struggle: Beverly Bells Walking on Fire is extraordinary in that it brings to print first-person narratives of excruciating and harrowing violence, which are at once narratives of survival, resistance and overcoming. Bells book is [... more]
CDN$23.95
Amazon CA |
Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou
The Definitive Text on Haitian Vodou Art: As the title says, if you are interested in Vodou-influenced Haitian art (in other words, most Haitian art), this is the definitive book on the subject. If you are not interested in the subject, the breathtaking [... more]
CDN$99.95
Amazon CA |
Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American
Truly the greatest novel I have ever read: I am a sophmore at Madeira High School where Mr. Cadet taught as well as an avid reader, but in all of the literature I have ever come across, I have never been more intellectually or emotionally stimulated than [... more]
CDN$19.95
Amazon CA |
Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian ...
A good new account: Although this book excuses and uses moral relativism to explain the violence of the rebellion it nevertheless succeeds in explaining and documenting the slave revolt of 1871 against the French the subsequent victory, the first of its [... more]
CDN$20.84
Amazon CA |
Caribbean Revels - Haitian Rar
Original Haitian music.: If you want the "real thing" when it comes to "Roots" music from Haiti, this album is a good introduction. This album reveals the spritual roots of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The African roots of [... more]
CDN$13.99
Amazon CA |
