MATTHEW J. SMITH is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. His first book, Red and Black in Haiti: Radicalism, Conflict, and Political Change, 1934-1957 is a brilliant, pioneering account of the remarkable political history of Haiti from the end of the US Occupation to the rise of Francois […]
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Migrations and Microhistories: An interview with historian Matthew J. Smith
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Tagged archives, Caribbean, Haiti, history, Jamacia, occupation, sovereignty
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Seven Obituaries for Jean-Claude Duvalier
L’ancien dictateur d’Haïti Jean-Claude Duvalier est mort. Ex-Haiti dictator ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier dies. Haitian dictator known as Baby Doc who ruled by fear and brutality until he fled in 1986. Jean-Claude Duvalier dies at 63; ruled Haiti in father’s brutal fashion. Jean-Claude (‘Baby Doc‘) Duvalier was Haiti’s ‘president for life’ whose 15 years of misrule […]
