13 June 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Remembering Haiti

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…I realize that it is language, and food, and the stories that will continue to uphold a culture and a nation. –  blog of Ibi Aanu Zoboi “Writer of magical tales. Brewer of conjuring words.” This Post is Updated Soup Joumou’s been on my mind all weekend, the starter for Eatonville Restaurant’s “Remembering Haiti” prix [...]

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07 June 2011 ~ 1 Comment

Caribbean Connections

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This post has been updated Zora Neale Hurston was no stranger to the Caribbean. While in Miami, Florida, she gravitated towards the music and dance of the Bahamas and sailed to Nassau without a thought to what her patroness or anyone else would think. Zora wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God and, being a hoodoo [...]

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