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Haïti
For the homeland that lives in you 🇭🇹
Who it's for
Régine Chassagne, whose family left Haiti, sings about the homeland and the violence that drove people away, partly in French.
Longing and mournful→Connected to roots
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Haïti" is a track on Arcade Fire's 2004 debut album Funeral, with lead vocals by Régine Chassagne. The song honors her Haitian roots: her parents left Haiti for Canada during François Duvalier's dictatorship, before she was born. Its lyrics, partly in French, allude to the dictatorship and to relatives lost in political violence.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Lyrics about political violence.
Age: All ages
Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question:W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk
