Dude, Christophe...Dessalines... I despise and admire them, truth be known. Those are complicated men of a complicated age. Giants. Mortals. Despots and visionaries. Liberators.
Not too different from America's founding fathers, franchement. Except, they kicked more ass with less.
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Date: 2008-02-19 10:15 pm (UTC)Toussaint, Dessalines and Christophe have such complex legacies.
I always think of the Ntozake Shange poem whenever I hear his name.
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Date: 2008-02-19 10:44 pm (UTC)Dude, Christophe...Dessalines... I despise and admire them, truth be known. Those are complicated men of a complicated age. Giants. Mortals. Despots and visionaries. Liberators.
Not too different from America's founding fathers, franchement. Except, they kicked more ass with less.