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- Title
Bearing Witness to Genocide: The 1937 Haitian Massacre and Border of Lights.
- Authors
PAULINO, EDWARD; GARCÍA, SCHEREZADE
- Abstract
The article focuses on the history of the 1937 Haitian Massacre and the social demonstration Border of Lights in the Dominican Republic, created by the author Julia Álvarez. Details related to the fall 1937 genocide ordered by dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo are provided. Other topics include the death of activist Sonia Pierre, the development and demonstrations of the Border of Lights group, and social conditions for Dominican of Haitian descent.
- Subjects
DOMINICAN Republic; DOMINICAN-Haitian Conflict, 1937; PUBLIC demonstrations; SOCIOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY of genocide; LEONIDAS Trujillo, Rafael; ALVAREZ, Julia, 1950-; HAITIANS; PIERRE, Sonia; SOCIAL action; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Afro-Hispanic Review, 2013, Vol 32, Issue 2, p111
- ISSN
0278-8969
- Publication type
Article