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Books
Fiction
Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Dantica
Recommended by Second Mile Haiti
From Amazon: A New York Times Book Review and Washington Post Notable Book of the Year, an NPR “Great Read,” a Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Book, and a Library Journal Top Book
Just as her father makes the wrenching decision to send her away for a chance at a better life, Claire Limyè Lanmè – Claire of the Sea Light – suddenly disappears. As the people of the Haitian seaside community of Ville Rose search for her, painful secrets, haunting memories, and startling truths are unearthed. In this stunning novel about intertwined lives, Edwidge Danticat crafts a tightly woven, breathtaking tapestry that explores the mysterious bonds we share – with the natural world and with one another.
Non-Fiction
Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History, 20th Anniversary Edition by Michel-Rolph Trouillo
Recommended by Second Mile Haiti
From Amazon: Now part of the HBO docuseries “Exterminate All the Brutes,” written and directed by Raoul Peck. The 20th anniversary edition of a pioneering classic that explores the contexts in which history is produced – now with a new foreword by renowned scholar Hazel Carby.
Placing the West’s failure to acknowledge the Haitian Revolution – the most successful slave revolt in history – alongside denials of the Holocaust and the debate over the Alamo, Michel-Rolph Trouillot offers a stunning meditation on how power operates in the making and recording of history.
This modern classic resides at the intersection of history, anthropology, Caribbean, African-American, and post-colonial studies, and has become a staple in college classrooms around the country. In a new foreword, Hazel Carby explains the book’s enduring importance to these fields of study and introduces a new generation of readers to Trouillot’s brilliant analysis of power and history’s silences.
Films
HBO documentary series recommended by Second Mile Haiti. Available on Amazon Prime Video.
Documentary series available on Amazon Prime Video. Episode 2 features activists in Haiti.
