"Nou pa bezwen polis, nou sivilize."
"We don't need the police, we are civilized."
It is a slogan (which may have come from a song) which Haitians used to chant in protestation of the Tonton Makout's brutality in the 70s. I became aware of it in the earliest carnival festivities that I remember.
"We don't need the police, we are civilized."
It is a slogan (which may have come from a song) which Haitians used to chant in protestation of the Tonton Makout's brutality in the 70s. I became aware of it in the earliest carnival festivities that I remember.
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