Dechoukaj
Dechoukaj is a Kreyòl term that literally means "uprooting". It is used primarily to refer to the political upheaval in Haiti following the exile of dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier on February 7, 1986. During the dechoukaj many ordinary Haitian peasants and city dwellers engaged in defensive violence against the paramilitary groups that oppressed them: the Tonton Macoutes.[1]
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- ^ Zephir (2004), p. 52.
References[]
- Taylor, Patrick (2001), Nation Dance: Religion, Identity and Cultural Difference in the Caribbean, Bloomington Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-0-253-10858-6
- Zephir, Flore (2004), The Haitian Americans, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-313-32296-9
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