Relatedto my post on Alejo Carpentier's book, I've lately been making an effort to read some books about Haiti and its people. It's part of my goal to better understand the Dominican Republic's history. My reading list is pretty incomplete, and suggestions are always welcome, but here it is as it stands:

-Alejo Carpentier's The Kingdom of This World

-Hubert Cole's Christophe: King of Haiti

-Zora Neale Hurston's Tell My Horse

-Michelle Wucker's Why the Cocks Fight

-John W. Vandercook's Black Majesty (a racist book from 1930! no, RACIST. I didn't know when I bought it.)

-Edwige Danticat's The Farming of Bones

Pretty slight, no? One thing I'd love to have is a really comprehensive history of Haiti. I can get a little early history from my Dominican history text, and a little from Zora Neale Hurston's book, but I'd really benefit from a Haitian history primer.