Istwa across the Water
214 pages, 6 x 9
22 b/w photos
Paperback
Release Date:01 Feb 2022
ISBN:9780813068619
Hardcover
Release Date:04 Apr 2017
ISBN:9780813054407
Istwa across the Water
Haitian History, Memory, and the Cultural Imagination
University Press of Florida
Gathering oral stories and visual art from Haiti and two of its "motherlands" in Africa, Istwa across the Water recovers the submerged histories of the island through methods drawn from its deep spiritual and cultural traditions.
Toni Pressley-Sanon, associate professor of African and African American studies at Eastern Michigan University, is the author of The Haitian Peasantry through Oral and Written Literature: Roumain, Alexis, Endore, Carpentier, and Fountain.
