Somptueuse langue haïtienne

Guy Duplat

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Dispute Over Land Rights in Post-Quake Haiti — Valio Dimene, 51, digs a foundation for a shelter on a steep hillside in Camp Kanaran. Dimene has been living in this camp since just after the earthquake. He says, "I was living in the flood plain, seeing how the water comes down from the mountains when it rains. I came up here to build. The last government said people who didn't have any other place to go could build in the Kanaran area." This land has since been sold and the government is attempting to negotiate with residents to relocate. Haiti's anarchic and corrupt system of land ownership has hampered access to housing, investment and efforts at urban planning. Now, as Haiti shifts from relief to recovery from last year's earthquake, the need for a coherent system of laws and information about land is more urgent than ever. Reporters / Redux

Pour la seconde année de suite, le prix Femina a couronné un roman francophone venu d’ailleurs. Après le beau "La saison de l’ombre" de Leonora Miano, voilà l’Haïtienne Yanick Lahens récompensée pour "Bain de lune". Ce livre nous plonge dans l’histoire d’Haïti. A travers quatre générations et un style admirable.

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