Janie Saw Her Life Like A Great

It Is A Curious Thing To Be A Woman In The Caribbean After You Have Been A Woman In These United States.

All My Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk.

And I Can't Die Easy Thinking Maybe The Menfolks White Or Black Is Making A Spit Cup Out Of You. Have Some Sympathy For Me. Put Me Down Easy, Janie, I'm A Cracked Plate.

For Four Hundred Years The Blacks Of Haiti Had Yearned For Peace. For Three Hundred Years The Island Was Spoken Of As A Paradise Of Riches And Pleasures, But That Was In Reference To The Whites To Whom The Spirit Of The Land Gave Welcome. Haiti Has Meant Split Blood And Tears For Blacks.

It Is One Of The Blessings Of This World That Few People See Visions And Dream Dreams.