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Yanick Lahens: “Haiti questions modernity because we see its contradictions”
A leading figure on the Haitian literary scene Yanick Lahens discusses her work Inspired by the popular and vibrant culture of her country it is a far cry from the usual miserable clichés that abound Through her singular and poetic stories she also recounts the history of the worlds first Black Republic which is both a product of modernity and a response to this modernity