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Interview with radio announcer Hallan Daphnis

Type:

Sound

Date:

08/17/1981

Item:

Audio recording

Series:

S1576

Item ID:

C81-51

Collector or Fieldworker

Tradition Bearer

Genre or Occupation

Ethnicity or Nationality

Place Name

Corporate or Conference Name

General Note/Comment

  • One audio cassette. (Copied onto T81-80, though the reel is missing). Daphnis, a radio announcer for the Compas Creole radio show, discusses why he immigrated to the United States; his education in the U.S.; his work with the H.A.C.A.D., Haitian American Community Association of Dade; the Little Havana neighborhood; traditional celebrations; Haitian folk music; the similarities between Little Haiti in Miami and Haiti itself; trends in Haitian immigration to the U.S.; negative stories put out by the media about Haitians, especially regarding voodoo; the arts and Haitian artists; local Haitian restaurants in Little Haiti, etc.

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