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The World, 11.02.09: Alan Lomax made an impressive career out of recording folk music all over the world; bringing it to American audiences, and preserving it for posterity. But few people heard the recordings that Lomax made in Haiti in the 1930’s. This month (Nov 17th) those Haiti recordings will be released to the public for the first time in the form of a 10-CD box set.

http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/02/global-hit-alan-lomax/

The Virginia Quarterly Review, 07.02.09: When Hurricane Fay came unannounced in the middle of August, Marie Camel’s home, built haphazardly on a hilly unpaved street, quickly flooded. Marie was forced to climb on the roof for safety. By the end of the day, the storm had washed her entire block down the streets of Carrefour Feuilles, leaving many people homeless.

http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2009/summer/guidi-port-au-prince/

Photo gallery by Roberto (Bear) Guerra:

http://fonografiacollective.com/stories/haiti-the-young-mothers-of-port-au-prince/

Guernica Magazine, 07.01.09: The history of Haiti is a troubled one. Since becoming the world’s first black republic in 1804, it has had few periods of social, economic, and political stability. Today, Haiti is the poorest and most corrupt country in the Western Hemisphere, and the majority of its nine million people suffer from hunger and are illiterate. Big donors like the U.S. and the U.N. have invested an increasing amount of resources and personnel to stabilize the country since 2004. But have they helped?

http://www.guernicamag.com/art/1098/the_burden_of_aid/