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Three Leaves, Three Roots
- Poems on the Haiti Congo Story
Engelsk Paperback
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Three Leaves, Three Roots
- Poems on the Haiti Congo Story
Engelsk Paperback

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A Haitian-born, Boston-based poet explores the personal and political stories of the Haitians who were part of Congo’s 1960s decolonization movement

Between 1960 and 1975, thousands of Haitian professionals emigrated to Congo, a fellow Black francophone nation that emerged under the revolutionary new leadership of Patrice Lumumba. As Danielle Legros Georges writes in the introduction to this collection, these e´migre´s sought to “escape repression in Haiti, start new lives in Africa, and participate in a decolonizing Congo.” Among them were her parents.

Grounded in these personal and social histories, Three Leaves, Three Roots is a collection of Legros Georges’s creative reconstructions of the Haiti-Congo experience. She interweaves her verses with excerpts from primary sources such as the interviews she conducted with the Congo e´migre´s and letters written by people both famous and obscure, including Lumumba, Fidel Castro, and members of Legros Georges’s family.

The result is a richly layered portrayal of an era of decolonization and rebuilding, a time that sparked with both promise and vulnerability for the Pan-Africanist and Black Power movements. This collection is an important work of Haitian American poetry and of Black history: it reminds us, artfully, that movements of solidarity among people of color have always existed and always will exist.





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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
128
ISBN-13:
9780807020487
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0807020486
Udg. Dato:
14 jan 2025
Længde:
12mm
Bredde:
216mm
Højde:
140mm
Forlag:
Beacon Press
Oplagsdato:
14 jan 2025
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