Beverly Bell: 2 books
Fault Lines
Views across Haiti's Divide
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Beverly Bell, an activist and award-winning writer, has dedicated her life to working for democracy, women’s rights, and economic justice in Haiti and elsewhere. Since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake of January 12, 2010, that struck the island nation, killing more than a quarter-million people and...
Walking on Fire
Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Haiti, long noted for poverty and repression, has a powerful and too-often-overlooked history of resistance. Women in Haiti have played a large role in changing the balance of political and social power, even as they have endured rampant and devastating state-sponsored violence, including torture,...