![]() Once the Europeans were finally kicked out in 1804, things didn’t improve: One of the first predominantly black countries to gain its freedom, Haiti has endured 32 coups since. ![]() Haiti’s cataclysmic 7.0 earthquake is, unfortunately, just the latest in a long line of tragedies to befall the country since its Spanish and then French colonization, portending centuries of slavery and exploitation for the indigenous Taino people. Pics (and 10 discs' worth of recordings) by Alan Lomax, 21 Alan Lomax
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