#1683: HAITI:CENTURY/MILLENNIUM (fwd)

[Robert Corbett <bcorbett@netcom.com>]

From:nozier@tradewind.net

Bob,
This is a very interesting list, I can't confirm the source, I hope you
can share it with all Corbetistas.

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Source: Haiti L'an 2000.- 

MEN OF THE MILLENNIUM: -tie- Toussaint L'ouverture,Jean-Jacques
Dessalines, Henri Christophe (Henri I)

POLITICIANS OF THE CENTURY: -tie-  Jean Bertrand Aristide and François
Duvalier.

WRITTERS/POETS OF THE CENTURY: Félix Morrisseau Leroi, Jacques
Roumain,Jacques Stephen Alexis,Jean Price Mars,Emile Roumère,Pierre &
Phillipe Thoby Marcelin, René Dépestre,Marie Chauvet and Frank Etienne.

WRITTER/ARTIST OF THE CENTURY (Diaspora): Edwidge Danticat and Wyclef
Jean.

PAINTERS OF THE CENTURY: Préfète Duffaut,Philomé Obin,Jacques
Enguerrand-Gourgue,Wilson Bigaud ,Hector Hyppolite,and Castera Bazile.

ATHLETE OF THE CENTURY: -tie- Sylvio Cator and Emmanuel Sanon.

BOOKS/ESSAYS OF THE CENTURY: Gouverneurs de la Rosée (J.Roumain), Ainsi
Parla l'Oncle (J.P Mars),Amour,Colère & Folie (M.Chauvet), Compère
Général Soleil(J.S. Alexis), Dezafi (Frank Etienne).

PLAYS OF THE CENTURY: Antigone (Morisseau Leroi),Pèlin Tèt (Frank
Etienne) and Le Cid (Creole).

MOVIES OF THE CENTURY: Olivia, L'homme sur le Quai, Canne Amère and A la
mizè pou Rodrigue.

COMEDIANS/SATIRISTS OF THE CENTURY: Maurice Sixto & Théodore Beaubrun
(Languichatte Débordus).

MUSICIANS OF THE CENTURY: Nemours Jean Baptiste & Antoine Rossini Jean
Baptiste (Ti Manno).

SONGS OF THE CENTURY: Choucoune (Monton/Durand), Haiti Chérie (Othello
Bayard), Ti-Manman Carole (Nemours Jn Baptiste), David (DP Express/Ti
Manno), Lè'm pa wè soley-la (Jn Michel Daudier)& Ke'm pa sote (Boukman
Eksperyans).
 
SONG OF THE MILLENNIUM: La Dessalinienne / Ochan Desalin
(J.Lhérisson/N.Geffrard)

BANDS/ORCHESTRAS OF THE CENTURY: - Orchestre Saieh, Nemours Jn Baptiste,
Orchestre Septentrional,Tabou Combo and Boukman Esperyans. 

FEMALE VOCALISTS OF THE CENTURY: - Toto Bissainthe, Lumane
Casimir,Martha Jean Claude and Emmeline Michel. 

MALE VOCALISTS OF THE CENTURY:- Gérard Dupervil, Guy Durosier
& Antoine Rossini Jean Baptiste (Ti Manno).