The Release of Tontongi’s Book: Critique de la francophonie haïtienne

When: Saturday, March 22nd, 2008; Time: 7:00 PM–10:00 PM
Where: Saint Stephen / Katharine Drexel Church; 175 Ruggles Street, Boston, MA (off Tremont Street, almost across the police headquarters)
Presenters: Doumafis Lafontant, Nekita Lamour, Charlot Lucien, Carline Michel, Patrick Sylvain
Audio-presentation by Franck Laraque, live from Colorado; Music: Idi.

History: Poet, playwright, diplomat, essayist, humanist Massillon Coicou rebelled against the bloody dictatorship of Nord Alexis who, already, signed agreement with the United States to help him seize control of the government, crush Antenor Firmin’s opposition while helping the US consolidate its Monroe Doctrine in the Americas. Massillon Coicou, along with his brothers Horace and Louis and several anti-Alexis insurgents were executed by Nord Alexis’s troops on the night of 14–15 March 1908.

For more information, call: 617-331-2269 or 617-669-0038 Sponsored by: Tanbou Cultural Network, Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts, Radio Focus, AFAB, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; La Perle Retrouvée, Montréal; Oasis Group, Tourislokal, Port-au-Prince.

Sponsored by: Tanbou Cultural Network, Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts, Radio Focus, AFAB, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; La Perle Retrouvée, Montréal; Oasis Group, Tourislokal, Port-au-Prince.

Remembering / Ann Sonje
Ann Sonje Massillon Coicou

1867–1908: San tan apre ekzekisyon l ansanm ak de frè l yo Horace e Louis

Lansman liv Tontongi a: Critique de la francophonie haïtienne.

Ki jou: Samdi, 22 mas 2008 Ki lè: 7:00 PM–10:00 PM
Ki bò: Saint Stephen / Katharine Drexel Church; 175 Ruggles Street, Boston, MA (li bay sou Tremont Street, preske anfas katyejeneral polis la)
Prezantatè: Doumafis Lafontant, Nekita Lamour, Charlot Lucien, Carline Michel,
Patrick Sylvain
Odio-prezantasyon pa Franck Laraque, an dirèk de Kolorado; Mizik: Idi

Istwa: Massillon Coicou te yon powèt, dramatisyen teyat, diplomat, eseyis e imanis ki te leve kanpe kont diktakti sanginè Nò Aleksi a, ki te siyen akò ak Etazini pou ede l pran pouvwa a, reprime kan opozisyon Antèno Fimen an pandansetan lap ede Meriken yo andjanmen Doktrin Monroe a nan Amerik la. Twoup Nò Aleksi yo ekzekite Massillon Coicou, ansanm ak de frè l yo Horace e Louis e kèk lot rebèl, nan lannwit 14–15 mas 1908.

Pou plis enfòmasyon, rele: 617-331-2269 oubyen 617-669-0038 Patwone pa: Rezo Kiltirèl Tanbou, Asanble Atis Ayisyen Nan Masachisèt, Radio Focus, AFAB, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; La Perle Retrouvée, Monreyal; Oasis Group, Tourislokal, Pòtoprens.

Pwomosyon / Promotion: Month of March / Month of the Arts