The Colonial System Unveiled
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4r074cksVEwDplwAN3V3mY
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Of the many topics discussed in this interview, none stuck with me more than the Baron de Vastey toast described below.
The year...
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QO6u0q3BUaY7e2psAbyj6?si=U37O4QPOQNmipwZgpoNJZA
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/1M7lJQ7hYXveu2pbCLI21r?si=df431b4d03a54c79
Under the watchful gaze of our ancestors and to the beat of sacred drums, I journeyed here into the mystical realm of Haitian Vodou...
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/2WXvMjvu4nDiDFxme96A2r?si=dYoJeYRrQFmJXGBp8JuT7g
Haiti, land of contradictions they say, where the past is not just remembered but lived. The soil still carries the footprints of revolution, the...