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The Eagle (Bryan, TX), CD Review >>
Floods, hurricanes and political coups cannot silence the "Queen of Haitian Song." Listen, and you will hear hope for the world's first black republic in the voice of Emeline Michel. She lives in New York but was born in Gonaives, Haiti, where more than 1,500 people died in flooding caused by the recent Hurricane Jeanne. She says "Rasin Kreyol" is her way to show the positive side of the nation's culture. She ministers to her people with lyrics that challenge America's policies toward "boat peopl," and grieves betrayals by failed leadership. Michel sings in her Creole (spelled Kreyol in Haiti), and implores her homeland to stay strong because "We don't want to grow old elsewhere waiting/ For our country to get better." (Aimee Maude Sims, AP) 10/07/04
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