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Danticat's Krik? Krak! is a compilation of short stories set in Haiti. The title is derived from a traditional Haitian practice where listeners prompt the storyteller by asking "Krik?" The storyteller responds with "Krak" before commencing the tale.
Danticat's novel, The Farming of Bones, is set against the backdrop of the 1937 mass genocide of Haitians orchestrated by Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo Molina. The novel powerfully depicts the harsh realities faced by sugar cane field workers.
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica, written by African-American author and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston, delves into the spiritual beliefs practiced in Haiti and Jamaica.
Amy Wilentz's The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier offers a vivid portrayal of Haiti in the late 1980s. It provides an insightful examination of the succession of dictators and terrorists who have governed the country since the era of Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier.
All Souls' Rising, by Madison Smartt Bell, is a historical epic set during the eighteenth-century slave rebellion that led to the end of white rule in Haiti.
Diane Wolkstein's The Magic Orange Tree: And Other Haitian Folktales is a collection of Haitian folktales and legends, featuring an introduction by Danticat.
Edited by Patricia Bell-Scott, Double Stitch: Black Women Write about Mothers and Daughters is an anthology of stories penned by women writers.
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