Educate to Liberate

Jamee Cornelia 22 Atlanta

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The best place to be is someplace else.

To mark the International Day to end Violence against Women, Haïti lutte contre l'impunité, has created a new digital display to explore the role and place of women during the father and son Duvalier dictatorships (1957-1986). As many of you must be aware of, women were among the primary victims of the regime. Rape and other forms of sexual violence were routinely employed by state actors, most notably the Tontons Macoutes, to suppress dissidence or simply as acts of terror. In this particular digital exposé, however, the Haïti lutte contre l'impunité group decided to look beyond narratives of victimhood (without downplaying their importance) to consider the multilayered impact of this dictatorship on women. Some women came to occupy an important role in the regime (some went as far as joining paramilitary groups like their male counterparts.) Other women joined the resistance and paid a high price for their political convictions. This exposition tries to shed some light on their lives. 

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“It’s our anniversary tonight. He shopped for Mama. Mama got a new bracelet. Mama got earrings. Mama did good. Now we’re going to a steakhouse. I’ve been preparing for this all week. I’ve been cleansing. I took supplements. I’m wearing my Spanx.” “Don’t tell him that.” “I’ll say whatever I want. I’m wearing my Spanx. He thinks we’re going to a club later so he can see some booty ass naked women. But we’re going home. Only booty he’s gonna see is me with my Spanx off.”

Two elders leaving Timbuktu’s grand mosque Djunguereber after Friday prayers / © of Catherine & Bernard Desjeux

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Who said he could stunt like that!?!??

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