WOMEN IMAGE - MARTHA JEAN CLAUDE LIVE

WOMEN IMAGE - MARTHA JEAN CLAUDE LIVE
Haitian singer and actress Martha Jean-Claude, whose engaged music inspired Haitians struggling against dictatorship for decades, died at age 82 on November 14 in Havana.

Known as the daughter of two islands, she was a symbol of the fraternity between Haiti and Cuba, where she lived most of her life and raised four children.

Martha Jean-Claude, known affectionately as Mamita, came to fame in Haiti during the 1940s, most notably during Port-au-Princes bicentennial festivities in 1949. As a child, she sang at the Port-au-Prince Cathedral and, in 1942, began her professional career with folkloric concerts at the Rex Theatre, where she was often accompanied by fellow singer-dancer Emérantes Despradines.

In 1952, she was imprisoned for publishing a play, Avrinette, which the regime of President Paul Magloire found subversive. She fled to Cuba on December 20, 1952.

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[RUDDIBARDOT]

WONDERFUL

[makandale330]

Ayiti manman. Gadon pwoblem pou mwen papa. tout pitit w yo preske ale net!!!!!!

[lovecarlaa18]

I did not know about her.. anyways li te yon vreman fanm lakay

[timaliceetbouqui]

Good Job Barabara! Your show is very adequate and helpful. Your standpoint is an excellent solution versus the dilemna that haitian women are being faced within our society. AH!!! Guin yin anpil pèlin rat deyo a vré wi!