Urban Vodou : Politics and Popular Street Art in Haiti (Paperback)

The world's media has chronicled Haiti's long history of political instability and social unrest. But perhaps more importantly, Haitians themselves reacted to the cycle of hope and despair in the form of hundreds of spontaneous street murals. Mostly in the capial, Port-au-Prince, these colorful and expressive paintings both recorded key events and articulated the hopes and fears of their creators. Tragically, many of these paintings were among the casualties of the earthquake that struck the island in early 2010. From 1986 to 1994 Haiti experienced a series of dramatic political events. Haitians reacted to the these events by painting hundreds of spontaneous street murals. Captured in colour by Pablo Butcher, these murals - many of which have now disappeared - tell how Haitians viewed their unfolding political drama.