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I was recently asked who was the translator of Silencing the Past. It was assumed Trouillot had written it in French Creole. Honestly, I always believed it was written originally in English. I do not have my edition currently at hand to check if there was, in fact, a translator. Do you know something about it?

foxfire I believe he wrote both the French Creole version, as well as the translated version. Early on in the book, he notes that this is the first(!) book to…moreI believe he wrote both the French Creole version, as well as the translated version. Early on in the book, he notes that this is the first(!) book to be published in French Creole.(less)

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Have you seen "Exterminate All The Brutes"? I need to find out if this book is really a masterpiece. But that show was so great, I trust it to be one.

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