Author: Maryse Noël Roumain
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466951982
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
Anacaona was Queen or Cacikea of Ayiti during the so-called "Indian" time of our history. She was also a samba, i.e., a poetess, composer of epic songs and choreographer. She sought to preserve her people's independence and cultural identity.
Anacaona, Ayiti's Taino Queen/Anacaona, La Reine Taino D'ayiti
Author: Maryse Noël Roumain
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466951982
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
Anacaona was Queen or Cacikea of Ayiti during the so-called "Indian" time of our history. She was also a samba, i.e., a poetess, composer of epic songs and choreographer. She sought to preserve her people's independence and cultural identity.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466951982
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
Anacaona was Queen or Cacikea of Ayiti during the so-called "Indian" time of our history. She was also a samba, i.e., a poetess, composer of epic songs and choreographer. She sought to preserve her people's independence and cultural identity.
Anacaona, Golden Flower
Author: Edwidge Danticat
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439499064
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Edwidge Danticat, the award-winning, best-selling author of THE FARMING OF BONES and KRIK? KRAK! offers a powerful addition to The Royal Diaries series with the story of Haiti's heroic queen Anacaona. With her signature narrative grace, Edwidge Danticat brings Haiti's beautiful queen Anacaona to life. Queen Anacaona was the wife of one of her island's rulers, and a composer of songs and poems, making her popular among her people. Haiti was relatively quiet until the Spanish conquistadors discovered the island and began to settle there in 1492. The Spaniards treated the natives very cruelly, and when the natives revolted, the Spanish governor of Haiti ordered the arrests of several native nobles, including Anacaona, who was eventually captured and executed, to the horror of her people.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439499064
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Edwidge Danticat, the award-winning, best-selling author of THE FARMING OF BONES and KRIK? KRAK! offers a powerful addition to The Royal Diaries series with the story of Haiti's heroic queen Anacaona. With her signature narrative grace, Edwidge Danticat brings Haiti's beautiful queen Anacaona to life. Queen Anacaona was the wife of one of her island's rulers, and a composer of songs and poems, making her popular among her people. Haiti was relatively quiet until the Spanish conquistadors discovered the island and began to settle there in 1492. The Spaniards treated the natives very cruelly, and when the natives revolted, the Spanish governor of Haiti ordered the arrests of several native nobles, including Anacaona, who was eventually captured and executed, to the horror of her people.