Haiti: First Negro Republic of the New World, Her True Face
TITLE: HAITI: Première République Noire du Nouveau Monde, Son Vrai Visage / La primera República Negra del Nuevo Mundo, Su Verdadera Cara / First Negro Republic of the New World, Her True Face
AUTHOR: MOYSE, Raymond A.; Preface by Clovis Desior (Inscribed by Raymond A. Moyse)
CONDITION: Mild rubbing wear in a few places on the covers. Smudging to the title page and a few small stains on the last several pages.
DESCRIPTION: Black cloth with ornate gilt lettering and decoration. 160 pages illustrated with numerous color and some black and white photos.
Designed for an international audience to showcase Haitian culture and pride, this multilingual volume features text in French, Spanish, and English. Published around 1967–1968 under the direction of Raymond A. Moyse, who has inscribed the book. Moyse, who also selected the citations from Haitian literature and wrote the captions (légendes) alongside Henri Bourget.
Spanish translations were done by Christophe Mervilus, and English translations by Emile Brun and Raymond Regala. While many photographers contributed to specific pages—including Jane Barbancourt and R. et G. Baussan—the majority of the photography for other pages was realized by Guy Touveron.
Printed in Belgium by Imprimerie Márci and published by Editions Delroisse in France. It was represented in the Americas by Haiti Visite S.A.
Published in the late 1960s to promote national pride, order, and cultural richness to the outside world, contrasting with the political repression and isolation the country faced internationally under the presidency of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier (1957–1971). Today, it offers a visual record of Haitian life and architecture in the late 1960s.
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