Prof Doris Y Kadish Haitian Poetry All Books sku-42417276

Poetry of Haitian Independence is a hardcover in All Books, listed under Prof Doris Y Kadish. Haiti became the first and only modern country born from a slave revolt at the turn of the nineteenth century. In its first decades of independence, inhabitants of the former French Caribbean island colony published original poetry in Haitian newspapers. The poems affirm the new nation's legitimacy, value the authors' African origins, and call for freedom from oppressors and equality for all. This collection brings together verse written between 1804 and the late 1840s, much of it difficult to access since its original publication. Doris Kadish and Deborah Jenson edited the collection; Norman Shapiro translated the poems from French, and Haitian-born novelist Edwidge Danticat wrote the foreword. SKU sku-42417276.You may also like Dunamis Samuel Cells in Biology All Books sku-663432114.