From: Lois Wilcken <makandal-ny@juno.com> Let me offer a traditional Vodou song in the rhythm Ibo: Desalin sòti nan mòn, li pòte wanga Ibo (2X) Li pòte wanga Ibo pou l touye Jan Pye Ibo Dessalines comes out of the mountain carrying an Ibo talisman (2X) He carries the Ibo talisman to kill Jean Pied Ibo I'd be interested in knowing if anything in written history refers to this confrontation. Lois -- Lois Wilcken, Ph.D. La Troupe Makandal, Inc. 621 Rutland Road 4C, Brooklyn NY 11203-1716 718-953-6638 / 212-529-5062 (fax) makandal-ny@juno.com / www.makandal.org On 9/2/05 1:19 PM, "Bob Corbett" <corbetre@webster.edu> wrote:
From: Lindsay Twa ljtwa@email.unc.edu I am an art historian who is currently writing about representations of Jean-Jacques Dessalines (images, plays, histories, etc). I am particularly interested in the political uses of Dessalines especially under the Duvalier regime and also manifestations of Dessalines as Ogou Desalin. Besides Joan Dayan?s ?Haiti, History and the Gods,? can anyone recommend sources to look at or people who I can contact?