Finding Lisette

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Finding Lisette

Feb 14 2023 | 01:00:20

00:00 / 01:00:20

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Show Notes

Guest Curator Jean Bernard Cerin traces the history of the Haitian Creole song “Lisette quitté la plaine” and explores how its meaning is transformed by different musical communities as it travels around the globe, becoming a lens through which we can explore the dynamic, fraught history of Haiti and its occupiers.

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